| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MORI Osamu Tokyo Institute of Technology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Assistant Professor, 大学院・総合理工学研究科, 助手 (30313331)
HANAOKA Teruaki Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Assistant Professor, 大学院・工学系研究科, 助手 (90011147)
MATUNAGA Saburo Tokyo Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Associate Professor, 大学院・理工学研究科, 助教授 (00222307)
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| Research Abstract |
350 ml can sized satellites have been developed and launched to 4 km altitude by US amateur rockets in Black Rock Desert in Nevada of United States on July 28-29, 2000 and August 24-25, 2001. During descent, various experiments related to micro satellite technologies were performed. This project aims for technology development and demonstration leading to real orbital micro satellites, examination of systems' architecture and system integration suitable for micro or nano satellites, and training of project management skills for university students.
In 2000, University of Tokyo performed experiments of descent velocity control by changing parachute shape, autonomous standing mechanism, real time GPS measurement and down link, and DGPS measurement. Tokyo Institute of Technology performed experiments of CCD image capture and transmission, sensor data acquisition and fast data transmission, GPS and DGPS measurement, high power CCD image transmission and SSTV. In 2001, both universities developed CanSats three times as large as 350 ml CanSat, on which autonomous fly back experiment using GPS real time measurement, onboard control calculation and changing parafoil shape by motor mechanism. These technological as well as project management knowledge obtained have been extensively utilized for the development of actual orbital satellite named "CubeSat" by both universities.
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