An overview of Japan´s Engineering Test Satellite VI (ETS-VI) project

Author

Nakamaru, Kunio ; Kondo, Ken ; Katagi, Tsuguhiko ; Kitahara, Hiroshi ; Tanaka, Masato

Author_Institution

Nat. Space Dev. Agency of Japan, Tokyo, Japan

fYear

1989

Firstpage

1582

Abstract

The authors present the main features of the Engineering Test Satellite VI (ETS-VI), the characteristics of the overall system, and the results of system design. ETS-VI is a geostationary satellite, scheduled for launch by the Japanese H-II rocket in the summer of 1992. It is a two-ton-class and three-axis stabilized satellite. The ETS-VI project is intended to establish a satellite bus system to meet the requirements in the field of satellite communications and broadcasting services in the 1990s. It is also intended to demonstrate various advanced satellite communications systems in the future. The authors describe the experimental equipment payload of the ETS-VI

Keywords

artificial satellites; satellite relay systems; ETS-VI; Engineering Test Satellite VI; Japan; broadcasting services; experimental equipment payload; geostationary satellite; overview; satellite bus system; satellite communications; system design; three-axis stabilized satellite; Artificial satellites; Casting; Engines; Payloads; Poles and towers; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite communication; Space stations; Space technology; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1989. ICC '89, BOSTONICC/89. Conference record. 'World Prosperity Through Communications', IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1989.49944

Filename

49944