- 著者
- Alperen PALA Toshinori KUWAHARA Takumi SAITOU Hiroki UTO Yoshihiko SHIBUYA
- 出版者
- THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES
- 雑誌
- TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN (ISSN:18840485)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.20, pp.65-72, 2022 (Released:2022-12-21)
- 参考文献数
- 18
Many satellites are currently in orbit around the Earth and will remain so for years, even though they have completed their intended missions owing to their long natural de-orbiting times. Many methods have been proposed to increase the de-orbiting speed of such satellites, of which one uses atmospheric drag sails. The micro-satellite ALE-1 is equipped with a drag sail that is deployed at a distance from the satellite through the use of a boom element to ensure continuous communication and solar charging. The drag sail is also capable of separating itself from the micro-satellite if necessary to decrease the de-orbiting speed. This paper discusses an in-orbit demonstration where the aforementioned boom element is extended, as well as the deployment of the aforementioned drag sail and com-pares the space and ground experiment results.
- 著者
- Hiroki UTO Toshinori KUWAHARA Tomoyuki HONDA
- 出版者
- The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences
- 雑誌
- TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN (ISSN:18840485)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.17, no.3, pp.295-300, 2019
- 被引用文献数
- 7