Initial experimental result of pico-satellite KUKAI on orbit
Initial experimental result of pico-satellite KUKAI on orbit
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DOI：
10.1109/icma.2009.5246063
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2009-09
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M. Nohmi
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M. Nohmi
香川卫星KUKAI是由香川大学研制的，用于对1995年提出的系留空间机器人进行技术验证和评价。它在发射前的技术名称是太空系留自主机器人卫星（STARS）。KUKAI于2009年1月23日在日本种子岛由H-IIA火箭发射。KUKAI的主要特点是：（一）它是一颗母子卫星;（二）它是一个轨道上的系留系统;（三）子卫星是一个有臂连杆的机器人。母卫星部署和回收连接到子卫星的系绳，子卫星是一个系绳空间机器人。在系绳展开期间，子卫星的姿态由其自身的臂连杆运动控制，并且安装在子卫星上的相机拍摄母卫星的照片。KUKAI成功与火箭分离并转移到计划轨道。在地面站通过内务遥测监测正常状态，然后验证和评估系绳部署和机器人运动控制的主要功能。
Kagawa Satellite KUKAI has been developed in Kagawa University for technical verification and evaluation of a tethered space robot proposed in 1995. Its technical name before the launch was Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite (STARS). KUKAI was launched by the H-IIA rocket from Tanegashima, Japan on January 23, 2009. Main characteristics of KUKAI are: (i) it is mother-daughter satellite; (ii) it is a tethered system on orbit; (iii) the daughter satellite is a robot having an arm link. The mother satellite deploys and retrieves a tether connected to the daughter satellite, which is a tethered space robot. During tether deployment, the attitude of the daughter satellite is controlled by its own arm link motion, and a camera mounted on the daughter satellite takes a photograph of the mother satellite. KUKAI was successfully separated from the rocket and transferred into the planned orbit. Normal condition was monitored at the ground station from the housekeeping telemetry, and then the main functions for tether deployment and robotic motion control were verified and evaluated.