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Investigations of Laser Ablation Thrusters for Accurate Attitude Control of Spacecraft

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26630450
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Aerospace engineering
Research InstitutionJapan Aerospace EXploration Agency

Principal Investigator

Funaki Ikkoh  国立研究開発法人宇宙航空研究開発機構, 宇宙科学研究所, 准教授 (50311171)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) HORISAWA Hideyuki  東海大学, 工学部, 教授 (30256169)
Research Collaborator OSHIO Yuya  国立研究開発法人宇宙航空研究開発機構, 宇宙科学研究所, プロジェクト研究員
HIGASHIURA Kohsuke  法政大学, 大学院理工学研究科, 大学院生
KUBO Kai  法政大学, 大学院理工学研究科, 大学院生
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywords航空宇宙工学 / 推進・エンジン / レーザー / マイクロスラスタ / イオン液体
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Experimental study of laser micro-thruster was conducted. Targeting at laser thruster without any valve to supply propellant, metal as well as liquid propellant were employed and it was tested by a system consisting of propellant target and a thrust stand mounting the propellant target, both of which were installed inside a vacuum chamber. When infrared laser beam was irradiated from outside the vacuum chamber, the propellant was found to released as a plasma jet. From the result, the concept of laser micro-thruster with variable thrust level was demonstrated, but it should work in a more wide condition to directly apply the system to accurate spacecraft attitude control.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2016 2015

All Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Presentation] スペース重力波アンテナDECIGO計画(72):μNスラスタスタンドの開発2016

    • Author(s)
      久保海,野々村拓也,東浦孝典,大塩裕哉,船木一幸,佐藤修一
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会第71回年次大会
    • Place of Presentation
      仙台
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-19
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 微小推力雑音計測のためのスラストスタンドの開発2016

    • Author(s)
      久保海,野々村拓也,東浦孝典,大塩裕哉,船木一幸,佐藤修一
    • Organizer
      第16回宇宙科学シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      相模原
    • Year and Date
      2016-01-06
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Nanosecond Laser-Target Interaction for High Speed Plasma Emission2015

    • Author(s)
      Ryosuke Koyama, Nao Akashi, Shigeru Yamaguchi, Ikkoh Funaki, Hideyuki Horisawa
    • Organizer
      Joint Conference: 30th ISTS, 34th IEPC & 6th NSAT
    • Place of Presentation
      神戸
    • Year and Date
      2015-07-04
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] スペース重力波アンテナDECIGO計画(59):DECIGO/DPFの概要2015

    • Author(s)
      安東正樹,川村静児,瀬戸直樹,中村卓史,坪野公夫,佐藤修一,田中貴浩,船木一幸,沼田健司,神田展行,他
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会第70回年次大会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-21 – 2015-03-24
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 衛星機体制御のためのスラスタ精密制御システムの開発2015

    • Author(s)
      佐藤修一,船木一幸,大塩裕哉,森本睦子,安東正樹,DECIGO WG
    • Organizer
      第15回 宇宙科学シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      相模原
    • Year and Date
      2015-01-06 – 2015-01-07
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2017-05-10  

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