Deep space flight of Hayabusa asteroid explorer

Hitoshi Kuninaka; Jun'ichiro Kawaguchi

doi:10.1117/12.782163

Deep space flight of Hayabusa asteroid explorer

Hitoshi Kuninaka, Jun'ichiro Kawaguchi

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Abstract

The Hayabusa spacecraft rendezvoused with the asteroid Itokawa in 2005 after the powered flight in the deep space by the μ10 cathode-less electron cyclotron resonance ion engines. Though the spacecraft was seriously damaged after the successful soft-landing and lift-off, the xenon cold gas jets from the ion engines rescued it. New attitude stabilization method using a single reaction wheel, the ion beam jets, and the photon pressure was established and enabled the homeward journey from April 2007 aiming the Earth return on 2010. The total accumulated operational time of the ion engines reaches 31,400 hours at the end of 2007. One of four thrusters achieved 13,400-hour space operation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Space Exploration Technologies
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.782163
Publication status	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	Space Exploration Technologies - Orlando, FL, United States Duration: 2008 Mar 17 → 2008 Mar 18

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	6960
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

Conference

Conference	Space Exploration Technologies
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando, FL
Period	08/3/17 → 08/3/18

Keywords

Cathode-less electron cyclotron resonance ion engine
Deep space powered flight
Rendezvous mission

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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