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Results and Future Plans of the
Center for Nano Satellite Testing
(CeNT)
7th Nano Satellite Symposium, Bulgaria , 2016/10/19
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Hirokazu Masui, Sangkyun Kim, Mengu Cho
Kyushu Institute of Technology
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北海道工業大学北海道大学
九州大学九州工業大学
東北大学
秋田大学
筑波大学
東海大学慶應義塾大学
山口大学
安田女子大学
津山工業高等専門学校
兵庫県立大学
京都大学
鹿児島大学日本文理大学
高知工科大学
大阪府立大学大阪工業大学
和歌山大学
東京大学日本大学東京工業大学創価大学青山学院大学首都大学東京都立航空高専武蔵工業大学電気通信大学東京電機大学早稲田大学工学院大学東京理科大学
香川大学
• 11 nanosatellites by 8 university and colleges
• 2 nanosatellites by small business
• 5 more universities will launch by 2010/E.
• At least 22 universities and colleges are developing nanosatellites
• Small venture business company dedicated to nano-satellite development
Emergence of nano-satellite activities in Japan
7 nano-satellite launched in 2009
©JAXA
©JAXA
Slide used in 2009
北海道工業試験場植松電機
筑波宇宙センター
東京大学東京理科大
相模原試験場
東大阪ニッシン株式会社
愛知工大
九大九工大
マイクロラボ
種子島
09 7/27~7/31
09 8/9~8/14
09 11/27~12/2
09 12/21
09 8/29~8/31
10 3/2~3/3
09 9/7~9/8
09 12/18
10 1/7~1/8
09 7/18~7/22
09 8/3~8/8
09 9/12~9/14
09 9/28~10/2
09 11/19
09 12/25~2/17
10 3/8~4/14
09 9/14~9/18
09 10/5~10/9
09 10/26~10/27
09 12/7~12/11
09 12/24
10 2/18~2/20
10 3/19
10 4/15~4/16
10 2/23~2/2410 4/26~5/18
Long testing journey of UNITEC-1
UNITEC-1
(2010.5.21 launch)
Can we use test facilities at JAXA? 4
Do we test here?
Probably not
CubeSat
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Proposal of Nano-satellite Environment Test Center
• Center dedicated for environment test of nano-satellites
– Carry out all the test necessary for nano-satellites or
components of 50cmx50cmx50cm、50kg
– Provide a quick test place for prototypes developed by local
industries
– One-stop-service for space environment test
Slide used at IAC 2009
Original idea of nanosatellite testing center was in 2008
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Task sharing
Nanosatellite test center Space agency
Satellites to
be tested
Nanosatellite (≤50cm only) As big as ISS (>10m)
Users •University
•Local Community
•Small business
•New comers to space
•Government
•Space industry
Priority First come, first serve National space projects
Center for Nanosatellite Testing (CeNT)
• Funding support by “Hodoyoshi Project” (2010~2013)
– (P.I. Prof. Nakasuka)
• Founded on July 7, 2010
• Inauguration ceremony on Jan. 18, 2011
2011.1.18
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CeNT Activities
Standardization
Satellite Testing
Satellite Development
(Horyu-4, AOBA-
VLOEXIII, Birds)
Capacity
Building
4 main activities
New!!
Results of CeNT activities and future plan
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Introduction of
Testing facility
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Concept
One-stop facility
- Providing all kinds of testing except radiation
Traceability
- Comparison with old data.
- Anomaly investigation in testing and on-orbit operations.
Easy to use
• Only one phone call with minimum paperwork
A unique facility specialized to lean satellite.
Open to Japanese and foreign users
Nano-satellite environment tests
Thermal vacuumVibration
Thermal cycle
EMC & Antenna pattern
Vacuum thermal shock
Outgas (ASTM E595)
Shock
To be capable of doing all the tests for a satellite up to 50cm, 50kg
Assembly & Integration
α&ε measurement
Pressure & Leak
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Mechanical testing12
Vibration
Mandatory for all piggy-back
satellite
Advantage :
Quick review system based
on LabVIEW
Nominal testing time:
2.5 days for 50kg
1.5 days for 1U
Shock
Air gas gun type
Producing high level separation shock
for various launchers, H2A, Dnepr, etc..
Thermal testing13
Target : up to 50kg, cube-sat and sub-system
Small (ø0.3m) and Large(ø1.5m)
Purpose 1:
Verification of thermal design and
operation under low and high temperature
environment.
Purpose 2:
Detection of hidden detects and
bug in the program.
It is possible to find
for long term test as 1 week
Recent update14
Solar simulator
Clean room (80m2)Class 7 or better for integration and
functional testing
30cmx30cm area with 1400W/m2
2.4m S-band (2.4GHz) antenna
List of satellites tested
UNITEC-1
STARS-Ⅱ
KSATlaunched in 2010
HORYU-Ⅱ
To be launched.
Teikyo-sat3KSAT-2
QSAT-EOS
UNIFORM-1
Hodoyoshi3,4
RISING-2
しんえん2
PROCYON
ARTSAT2
FITSAT-1
launched in 2012
launched in 2014
OPUSAT
INVADER
Nano-JASMINE
HORYU-Ⅳ
Aoba-VeloxⅢ
ChubuSat
Hodoyoshi2(RISESAT)
CE-SAT-I
ChubuSat-3
Velox-Ⅱ
DIWATA-1
STARS-Claunched in 2015BIRDS
Two-thirds of less-than-50kg Japanese satellites
16Past results
(Number of satellite tested in CeNT)
Fiscal
YearTotal University Company
Foreign
user
2010 3 3 0 0
2011 5 5 0 0
2012 11 8 2 1
2013 14 10 2 2
2014 9 6 1 2
2015 7 3 2 2
2016 5 3 2 0
Five Kyutech satellites are included in these numbers.
Hodoyoshi-3
Horyu-4
From FY2010 to FY2014,
many environmental tests related
to the Hodyoshi project
17Past results
(Test campaigns)
Fiscal
YearTotal Mechanical Thermal Others
2010 5 2 2 1
2011 12 8 3 1
2012 24 15 7 2
2013 48 28 13 7
2014 33 18 10 5
2015 21 15 5 1
2016 12 4 4 4
Total 155 90 44 21
Operation rate of these machines strongly depends on the H2A
piggy back program. In 2014, four H2A rockets were launched.
Half of the satellite developers using H2A piggy back rides in
2014 conducted tests at CeNT.
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International collaboration
and
Capacity building
International Collaborations 19
Project DeveloperCountries
involvedLaunch date
Horyu-4 Kyutech 18 2016.02.17
AOBA-Velox III Kyutech and NTU 2 2017
Birds Kyutech and others 7 2017
AOBA-Velox IV Kyutech and NTU 2 2018
Micro Dragon VNSC and 5 Japanese Univs. 2 2018
SPATIUM Kyutech and NTU 2 TBD
Project Developer Launch date
Irazu Costa Rica 2018
UBAKUSAT Turkey ?
Satellite developed by Kyutech
Satellites supported by Kyutech
NTU : Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
BIRDS project (2015~)
• 1U CubeSat constellation of 4 satellites by Bangladesh*, Ghana*, Japan,
Mongolia*
• Made by students at Kyutech
• To be released from ISS in 2017
• Earth observation, Outreach, Space environment measurement
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By successfully building and operating the first satellite of nation, make the
first step toward indigenous and sustainable space program at each country
5MPixel camera
* First satellite for the country
United Nations/Japan Long-term Fellowship Programme
• Fellowship to students from non-space-faring countries
– Tuition and living costs
– On-the-job training on satellite development, especially infrastructure
• “Post-graduate study on Nano-Satellite Technologies (PNST)”
• 6 students (2 Master, 4 Doctor)
• Funded by Japanese government fellowship
– Application for October 2017 admission is now open
• Application deadline is January 22, 2017
To be selected
Passion to be engaged in space technology (determined through original
essay at the first stage, and through Skype interview at the second stage)
Good English skills
Must be under age 3521
Google “PNST UNOOSA”
Space Engineering International Course (SEIC)
• Started in April 2013 at Graduate School of Engineering, Kyutech
• Research toward a Master or Doctoral degree
• On-the-job training such as space environment testing workshop
• Project Based Learning (PBL) through a space project
• Lectures in English
– Space Systems Engineering, Satellite Engineering, Space
Environment, Environment Testing, Power System, Structure and
Material, Dynamics, Propulsion, Plasma, Semi-conductor, and
more
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Satellite testing tutorial
• 10 day short course on environment testing
– 15 hours Lectures on mechanical, thermal and radiation
testings
– Hands-on tutorial on vibration, shock, thermal cycle
and thermal vacuum
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Tutorial for Seoul Univ.
Tutorial for Univ. of Philippine
What Kyutech can do for you• Test your satellite
– Singapore, Philippine, Vietnam, Malaysia, Finland, Egypt
• Train your engineers/students on satellite testing
– South Korea, Philippine
• Educate your engineers/students on space engineering through SEIC
– Various countries
• Assist your satellite program
– Consultation, testing and launch coordination
• Costa Rica, Tureky
– Start up CubeSat program by SEIC students
• Bangladesh, Mongol, Ghana, Bhutan, Nigeria
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Countries launching the first satellite of country
Future Plan
Trend of CeNT external income
26• Innovation in lean satellite testing
• Work toward self-independence
– Acquisition of ISO-17025 (General requirements for the
competence of testing and calibration laboratories)
– Certification of lean satellite components based on ISO-19683
– International collaboration
Beak-even line
Gap
After Hodoyoshi Lean satellite companies
Foreign customers
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