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Accession number;00A0150765
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| Title;Research on In-Orbit Maintenance of Clustered Microsatellites. |
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MACHIDA KAZUO
(Electrotech. Lab., Agency of Ind. Sci. and Technol.)
TODA YOSHITSUGU
(Electrotech. Lab., Agency of Ind. Sci. and Technol.)
IWATA TOSHIAKI
(Electrotech. Lab., Agency of Ind. Sci. and Technol.)
KAWASHIMA NORITSUGU
(Toshiba Corp.)
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Journal Title;Proceedings of the Space Sciences and Technology Conference
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Journal Code:S0277A
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VOL.43rd;NO.;PAGE.61-65(1999)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.9, TBL.1, REF.4 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;We propose a new concept of in-orbit maintenance system which provides a cluster of microsatellites with preserving the space environment. A lot of microsatellites are stowed in the maintenance vehicle as the assembly kits, and are launched into LEO. Then, they are assembled, positioned, repaired and deorbited by the maintenance vehicle. Thus the clustered microsatellite system on the orbit with the same inclination is taken care of "from the cradle to the grave". The structure model of microsatellite with in-orbit maintainability is developed to study the assembly strategy by a robot. The space robot model to study the assembly and maintenance technology is also developed. The in-orbit testing of the assembled satellite is also preliminarily studied. (author abst.) |
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