AQT-D: CubeSat Demonstration of a Water Propulsion System Deployed from ISS

• YAGINUMA Kazuya

  Department of Advanced Energy, The University of Tokyo

• ASAKAWA Jun

  Department of Advanced Energy, The University of Tokyo

• NAKAGAWA Yuichi

  Department of Aerospace and Astronautics, The University of Tokyo

• TSURUDA Yoshihiro

  Department of Advanced Energy, The University of Tokyo

• KOIZUMI Hiroyuki

  Department of Advanced Energy, The University of Tokyo Department of Aerospace and Astronautics, The University of Tokyo

• KAKIHARA Kota

  Department of Aerospace and Astronautics, The University of Tokyo

• YANAGIDA Kanta

  Department of Aerospace and Astronautics, The University of Tokyo

• MURATA Yusuke

  Department of Aerospace and Astronautics, The University of Tokyo

• IKURA Mikihiro

  Department of Creative Informatics, The University of Tokyo

• MATSUSHITA Shuhei

  Department of Aerospace and Astronautics, The University of Tokyo

• AOYANAGI Yoshihide

  Department of Aerospace and Astronautics, The University of Tokyo

• MATSUMOTO Takeshi

  Department of Aerospace and Astronautics, The University of Tokyo

抄録

The AQua Thruster-Demonstrator (AQT-D) is a 3U CubeSat for demonstrating the water resistojet propulsion system developed by the University of Tokyo. The AQT-D was launched to rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS) in the middle of 2019. This spacecraft will also be the world’s first ISS-deployed CubeSat equipped with a water propulsion system. AQT-D is comprised of a 1U propulsion system and 2U bus systems. The bus systems of the AQT-D were designed and developed based on the TRICOM-1R, also known as "Tasuki," was launched using a SS-520 nanosatellite launcher and was in operation during 2017-2018. The AQUA ResIstojet propUlsion System (AQUARIUS-1U) has one Delta-V-Thruster (F: 4 mN) for orbital maneuver and four Reaction-Control-Thruster (F: 1 mN) for reaction control. AQUARIUS-1U is a resistojet propulsion system comprised of a tank, a vaporization chamber and nozzles. It uses water as a propellant (i.e., propellant mass was less than 400 g. Ultimate green propellant: water (H₂O) enables ISS-deployed CubeSat to install a propulsion system. It is expected that use of the CubeSat deployed by the ISS will expand drastically as the propulsion system lengthens the satellite lifetime, which is one of the bottlenecks for the low-earth-orbit CubeSat. This paper discusses the mission overview of the AQT-D and the ground test results of the propulsion system installed in it.

収録刊行物

• TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN

  TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN 18 (4), 141-148, 2020

  一般社団法人 日本航空宇宙学会

キーワード

• Water
• CubeSat
• Resistojet Propulsion System
• ISS

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390285300172632704
• NII論文ID: 130007869268
• DOI: 10.2322/tastj.18.141
• ISSN: 18840485
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/tastj/18/4/18_18.141/_pdf
• 本文言語コード: en
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