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Kounotori 6
, also known as HTV-6, was the sixth flight of the H-II Transfer Vehicle, an uncrewed cargo spacecraft launched to resupply the International Space Station. It was launched at 13:26:47 UTC on 9 December 2016 aboard H-IIB launch vehicle from Tanegashima Space Center. Spacecraft Major changes from previous Kounotori include: * Built-in payloads to demonstrate new technologies: SFINKS and KITE, described below. * Reduction of primary batteries to 6 from the previous 7. * Reduction of solar cell panels to 48 from previous 49. * Omission of some of navigation/position lights which were Earth-side when approaching to ISS. * Strengthened EP (Exposed Pallet) maximum payload to 1900 kg from the previous 1600 kg to carry Lithium-ion batteries. SFINKS (Solar Cell Film Array Sheet for Next Generation on Kounotori Six) will test thin film solar cells in space. Kounotori Integrated Tether Experiment KITE (Kounotori Integrated Tether Experiment) was an experimental electrodyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mobile Servicing System
The Mobile Servicing System (MSS) is a robotic system on board the International Space Station (ISS). Launched to the ISS in 2001, it plays a key role in station assembly and maintenance; it moves equipment and supplies around the station, supports astronauts working in space, services instruments and other payloads attached to the ISS, and is used for external maintenance. Astronauts receive specialized training to perform these functions with the various systems of the MSS. The MSS is composed of three components: * the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS), known as Canadarm2. * the Mobile Remote Servicer Base System (MBS). * the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM, also known as "Dextre" or "Canada hand"). The system can move along rails on the Integrated Truss Structure on top of the US-provided Mobile Transporter cart, which hosts the MRS Base System. The system's control software was written in the Ada 95 programming language. The MSS was designed an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spacecraft
A spacecraft is a vehicle that is designed spaceflight, to fly and operate in outer space. Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including Telecommunications, communications, Earth observation satellite, Earth observation, Weather satellite, meteorology, navigation, space colonization, Planetary science, planetary exploration, and Space transport, transportation of Human spaceflight, humans and cargo spacecraft, cargo. All spacecraft except single-stage-to-orbit vehicles cannot get into space on their own, and require a launch vehicle (carrier rocket). On a sub-orbital spaceflight, a space vehicle enters space and then returns to the surface without having gained sufficient energy or velocity to make a full Geocentric orbit, Earth orbit. For orbital spaceflights, spacecraft enter closed orbits around the Earth or around other Astronomical object, celestial bodies. Spacecraft used for human spaceflight carry people on board as crew or passengers from start or on orbit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NanoRacks
Nanoracks LLC is an American private in-space services company which builds space hardware and in-space repurposing tools. The company also facilitates experiments and launches of CubeSats to Low Earth Orbit. Nanoracks's main office is in Houston, Texas. The business development office is in Washington, D.C., and additional offices are located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Turin, Italy. 7] Nanoracks provides tools, hardware and services that allow other companies, organizations and governments to conduct research and other projects in space. Nanoracks currently helps facilitate science on the International Space Station in multiple ways and built the Bishop Airlock to launch payloads from the International Space Station. As part of a Series A funding round, XO Markets Holdings Inc. was formed as a holding company for NanoRacks, LLC. As of 2021, Nanoracks is the largest subsidiary of X.O. Markets. In May 2021, Voyager Technologies (formerly Voyager Space Hold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falling And Re-Entering Equipment Called DOM
Falling or fallin' may refer to: *Falling (physics), movement due to gravity *Falling (accident) *Falling (execution) *Falling (sensation) People *Christine Falling (born 1963), American serial killer who murdered six children Books * ''Falling'' (Provoost novel), a 1994 novel by Anne Provoost * ''Falling'' (Howard novel), a 1999 novel by Elizabeth Jane Howard * ''Falling'' (Newman novel), a 2021 novel by T. J. Newman *"Falling", a 1967 poem by James Dickey Film and television * ''Falling'' (2008 film), a film by Richard Dutcher * ''Falling'' (2015 film), starring Adesua Etomi and Blossom Chukwujekwu * ''Falling'' (2020 film), an American-British-Canadian drama film * ''The Falling'' (1987 film), an American film by Deran Sarafian * ''The Falling'' (2014 film), a British film by Carol Morley *''Falling'' (Dutch: ''Vallen''), a 2001 film by Hans Herbots based on the novel by Anne Provoost *''Falling'', a 2005 ITV adaptation of the novel by Elizabeth Jane Howard *"Falling", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
STARS-C
Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite II or STARS-II, was a nanosatellite built by Japan's Kagawa University to test an electrodynamic tether in low Earth orbit, a follow-on to the STARS mission. STARS-II was launched by an H-IIA rocket, flying in the 202 configuration, as a secondary payload aboard the launch of the GPM Core Observatory on 27 February 2014. After two months in orbit, STARS-II reentered the atmosphere on 26 April 2014. Flight Plan The satellite split into two parts, connected by a tether, to conduct its experiments which consisted of recording a video of tether deployment and using the tether to deorbit the satellite. The spacecraft consisted of a base vehicle, with dimensions of and a vehicle at the end of the tether measuring . The electrodynamic tether was made from ultra-thin wires of stainless steel and aluminium. One objective of this program was to demonstrate possible technology for de-orbiting space debris. Results STARS-II was successfully ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Re-Entry Satellite With Gossamer Aeroshell And GPS/Iridium
Atmospheric entry (sometimes listed as Vimpact or Ventry) is the movement of an object from outer space into and through the gases of an atmosphere of a planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite. Atmospheric entry may be ''uncontrolled entry,'' as in the entry of astronomical objects, space debris, or bolides. It may be ''controlled entry'' (or ''reentry'') of a spacecraft that can be navigated or follow a predetermined course. Methods for controlled atmospheric ''entry, descent, and landing'' of spacecraft are collectively termed as ''EDL''. Objects entering an atmosphere experience atmospheric drag, which puts mechanical stress on the object, and aerodynamic heating—caused mostly by compression of the air in front of the object, but also by drag. These forces can cause loss of mass (ablation) or even complete disintegration of smaller objects, and objects with lower compressive strength can explode. Objects have reentered with speeds ranging from 7.8 km/s for lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tancredo-1
''Tancredo-1'' was a Brazilian picosatellite. It was a TubeSat which was developed by the students from the school Tancredo Almeida Neves, in Ubatuba (state of São Paulo), with support for the picosat platform made by Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), adapting and integration to launch provided by TuPOD from Italian company GAUSS Srl and by Agência Espacial Brasileira (AEB). Project The idea was proposed by math teacher Cândido Oswaldo de Moura and initially developed by Emerson Issao Yaegashi, it was inspired by Super Interessante Magazine in Brazil and in a video called "TubeSats" and kits to build personal satellites developed by the company Interorbital Systems, in the United States. To start the project, the teacher contacted the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), where, later, he was followed by another teacher to receive training and be able to help the students. The material to construct the satellite sponsored by a salesclerk of Ubat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TubeSat
Interorbital Systems (IOS) is an American space development company based in Mojave, California. It was established in 1996 by Roderick and Randa Milliron. As of October 2023, the company is in development stage for three orbital launch vehicles: NEPTUNE, TRITON, and TRITON HEAVY. Interorbital Systems has participated in the development of a launch vehicle for the Google Lunar X Prize Team Synergy Moon and has provided suborbital commercial launch services. For Orbital launch they have used ISRO and Jaxa. Additionally, the company participated as a competitor in the Ansari X Prize and America's Space Prize competitions. NEPTUNE Launch Vehicle: General The NEPTUNE rocket, a two-stage vehicle design from Interorbital Systems, would use high-performance liquid oxygen and densified propane propellants. The first stage would be equipped with four stationary throttleable ablatively cooled liquid rocket engines, each capable of generating 4,500 pounds of thrust. Throttling of these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
