AQT-D: AQUA Thruster-Demonstrator
The ISS-Deployed CubeSat for a Demonstration of the Water Micro-Propulsion System
AQT-D will be deployed from the International Space Station and demonstrate water micro-propulsion technology in 2019.
This project is promoted by The University of Tokyo - Space Propulsion Laboratory.
AQT-D
AQUA Thruster-Demonstrator
AQT-D is the ISS-deployed 3U CubeSat for a demonstration of the water micro-propulsion system, scheduled to be launched by H-IIB rocket in 2019.
Mission: propulsion technology demonstration
Size: 3U (10 cm × 10 cm × 34 cm）
Wet Mass: 3.7 kg
AQUARIUS
-1U
AQUA ResIstojet propUlsion System - 1U
AQUARIUS-1U is the water micro-propulsion system installed on AQT-D. This propulsion system can be applied for life extension of an ISS-deployed CubeSat, orbit management of constellation satellites, or several maneuvers of a deep space probe.
Size: 1U
Number of thrusters: 5
Thrust: 1 - 4 mN
Specific impulse: 70 s
Power: 5 - 20 W
Dry mass: 0.80 kg
Wet mass: 1.20 kg
Delta-V: 60 m/s for 4 kg CubeSat
Team
Jun Asakawa,
Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Project Assistant Professor
Kazuya Yaginuma, Ph.D.
Propulsion Engineer
Project Assistant Professor
Yuichi Nakagawa
Propulsion Engineer
Ph. D. Student
Yoshihiro Tsuruda,
Ph. D.
Electrical Engineer
Project Assistant Lecturer
Kota Kakihara
Electrical Engineer
Ph. D. Student
Kanta Yanagida
Software Engineer
Ph. D. Student
Shuhei Matsushita
Thermal Engineer
Ph. D. Student
Mikihiro Ikura
Software Engineer
Master Student
Yusuke Murata
Software Engineer
Master Student
Hiroyuki Koizumi,
Ph.D.
Supervisor
Accosiate Professor
Acknowledgment
This project is funded by "Program for Creating STart-ups from Advanced Research and Technology (START) by Japan Science and Technology Agency、and promoted with UTEC.
AQT-D project team would like to thank Dr. Yoshihide Aoyanagi and Mr. Takeshi Matsumoto for the development of CubeSat bus systems.
Part of the manufacturing and testing of AQT-D were conducted by several companies in Fukui prefecture.
AQT-D will use One-step Satellite Launch Services provided by Space BD Inc..
Contact
Kashiwanoha 5-1-5, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, Japan
