PROITERES

PROITERES

Japan

Spacecraft nr:

Japanese spacecraft nr: 181

PROITERES= PRoject of Osaka Inst. of Technology Electric-Rocket-Engine aboard small Spaceship

Launched together with SPOT 6 & mRESINS

Prime manufacturer	Osaka Institute of Technology (OIT)
Configuration	Gravity-gradient stabilized cube
Operator	Osaka Institute of Technology (OIT)
Mass at launch	15 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment	pulsed plasma thruster experiment
Solar array
Stabilization
Propulsion	electric propulsion
DC power
Design lifetime

PROITERES aims to demonstrate powered-flight technology for an ultra-small satellite and to monitor the Kansai District with a high-resolution camera. It also aims to reduce development costs and shorten the development period drastically by miniaturizing the satellite and its component parts.
The project will focus on:
- Experimental verification of two-way radio signal propagation characteristics using amateur radio-frequency bands.
- Communication tests and their feedback aiming at improvement of satellite communication technology by using off-the-shelf consumer goods.
- Tracking and communicating with our satellite by amateur earth stations all over the world.
- Powered-flight by electric rocket engine.
- Monitoring with a high-resolution camera the Kansai District; especially Osaka, around Yodogawa basin.

Ref.: #7(JR667), #14, #228 - update: 17.11.12