44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit 2008年
KAGUYA (SELENE) is a Japanese Lunar Explorer launched by H-IIA rocket from Tanegashima Space Center on 14 September 2007. The dual-mode bipropellant propulsion subsystem of KAGUYA includes 2 fuel (hydrazine) tanks, an oxidizer (MON-3) tank, propel...
Hideshi Kagawa   Akira Okayasu   Toyohiko Ota   
44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit 2008年
High chamber pressure bipropellant engine technology will extent spacecraft performance include propulsion subsystem's wet mass and volume, pressurization system complexity, and cost. Results of system studies show that a high discharge pressure p...
This paper presents and discusses some fundamental feasibility test results from the Phase-B design activity of the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO) cold-gas thruster, performed in the JAXA Satellite Propulsion Reliability Evaluation Test Stan...
Masahiro Mori   Hideshi Kagawa   Yuka Saito   
Acta Astronautica 59(1-5) 132-138 2006年7月
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been conducting studies on space solar power systems (SSPS) using microwave and laser beams for years since FY1998 organizing a special committee and working groups. Current SSPS study undertaken by JA...
A demonstration test of the 4N mono-propellant thrusters was conducted using the Wideband Inter-Networking engineering test and Demonstration Satellite (WINDS) pulse-mode operation attitude-control requirements. This thruster has been used in stea...