Title :
Titech micro-satellite model: CanSat for sub-orbital flight
Author :
Matunaga, Saburo ; Yoshihara, Keisuke ; Sugiura, Yoshiki ; Sekiguchi, Masato ; Sawada, Hirotaka ; Tsurumi, Shingo ; Nakaya, Koji ; Mori, Marco ; Ui, Kyoichi ; Maeda, Naohide ; Mori, O.
Author_Institution :
Mech.-Aerosp. Eng., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
We had the opportunity to launch prototype CanSats, small satellites the size of a soft drink can, on an amateur rocket in September 1999 (ARLISS: A Rocket Launched International Student Satellites). We developed four CanSats for ARLISS: CanSat Type1 and Type2 missions are experiments of two different types of mechanisms for tether applications, CanSat Type3, is a communications and electronic devices test satellite, and CanSat Type4 is equipped with CCD camera and transmits video images. The development period is less than 5 months. In this paper, we describe 4 CanSats missions, subsystem designs including the ground station and the results of ARLISS experiments
Keywords :
artificial satellites; satellite ground stations; student experiments; ARLISS; CCD camera; CanSat; Titech micro-satellite model; electronic devices test satellite; ground station; sub-orbital flight; subsystem designs; tether applications; Aerospace electronics; Aerospace engineering; Artificial satellites; Charge coupled devices; Charge-coupled image sensors; Design engineering; Electronic equipment testing; Magnetooptic recording; Prototypes; Rockets;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference Proceedings, 2000 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5846-5
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2000.879283
