Abstract
The Cute-1.7 was launched successfully in February 2006 as a piggyback satellite of the Astro-F mission. The Cute-1.7 dimensions are 10 × 10 × 20 cm3 box with a total mass of 3.6 kg. It is the second pico-satellite to have been developed completely by students of the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech.) after the successful launch of the CUTE-I in June 2003. The goals of the Cute-1.7 mission are two-fold: (1) to validate high-performance, commercially available products for the first time in space. We particularly use personal digital assistants (PDAs) as a main computer in orbit (2) to demonstrate new potential uses for small satellites in various space studies, as proposed by the "satellite-core" concept. For the Cute-1.7 mission, we will carry avalanche photo diodes (APDs) as a high-count particle monitor in low-Earth orbit. Here we present details of various ground tests and pre-flight performance of the Cute-1.7 immediately before the launch. Results of the Cute-1.7 mission will provide quick feedback for space applications of APDs in Japan's future X-ray astronomy mission NeXT.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 677-685 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |
| Volume | 565 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 Sep 15 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Avalanche photo-diode
- Cute-1.7
- PDA
- Pico-satellite
- Satellite core
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Instrumentation
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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Pre-flight performance and radiation hardness of the Tokyo Tech pico-satellite Cute-1.7. / Kotoku, J.; Kataoka, Jun; Kuramoto, Y.; Tsubuku, Y.; Yatsu, Y.; Sato, R.; Ikagawa, T.; Saito, T.; Kawai, N.; Konoue, K.; Miyashita, N.; Iai, M.; Omagari, K.; Kashiwa, M.; Yabe, H.; Imai, K.; Miyamoto; Fujiwara, K.; Masumoto, S.; Usuda, T.; Iljic, T.; Konda, A.; Sugita, S.; Yamanaka, T.; Matsuura, D.; Sagami, T.; Kajiwara, S.; Funaki, Y.; Matsunaga, S.; Shima, T.; Kishimoto, S.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 565, No. 2, 15.09.2006, p. 677-685.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Pre-flight performance and radiation hardness of the Tokyo Tech pico-satellite Cute-1.7
AU - Kotoku, J.
AU - Kataoka, Jun
AU - Kuramoto, Y.
AU - Tsubuku, Y.
AU - Yatsu, Y.
AU - Sato, R.
AU - Ikagawa, T.
AU - Saito, T.
AU - Kawai, N.
AU - Konoue, K.
AU - Miyashita, N.
AU - Iai, M.
AU - Omagari, K.
AU - Kashiwa, M.
AU - Yabe, H.
AU - Imai, K.
AU - Miyamoto,
AU - Fujiwara, K.
AU - Masumoto, S.
AU - Usuda, T.
AU - Iljic, T.
AU - Konda, A.
AU - Sugita, S.
AU - Yamanaka, T.
AU - Matsuura, D.
AU - Sagami, T.
AU - Kajiwara, S.
AU - Funaki, Y.
AU - Matsunaga, S.
AU - Shima, T.
AU - Kishimoto, S.
PY - 2006/9/15
Y1 - 2006/9/15
N2 - The Cute-1.7 was launched successfully in February 2006 as a piggyback satellite of the Astro-F mission. The Cute-1.7 dimensions are 10 × 10 × 20 cm3 box with a total mass of 3.6 kg. It is the second pico-satellite to have been developed completely by students of the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech.) after the successful launch of the CUTE-I in June 2003. The goals of the Cute-1.7 mission are two-fold: (1) to validate high-performance, commercially available products for the first time in space. We particularly use personal digital assistants (PDAs) as a main computer in orbit (2) to demonstrate new potential uses for small satellites in various space studies, as proposed by the "satellite-core" concept. For the Cute-1.7 mission, we will carry avalanche photo diodes (APDs) as a high-count particle monitor in low-Earth orbit. Here we present details of various ground tests and pre-flight performance of the Cute-1.7 immediately before the launch. Results of the Cute-1.7 mission will provide quick feedback for space applications of APDs in Japan's future X-ray astronomy mission NeXT.
AB - The Cute-1.7 was launched successfully in February 2006 as a piggyback satellite of the Astro-F mission. The Cute-1.7 dimensions are 10 × 10 × 20 cm3 box with a total mass of 3.6 kg. It is the second pico-satellite to have been developed completely by students of the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech.) after the successful launch of the CUTE-I in June 2003. The goals of the Cute-1.7 mission are two-fold: (1) to validate high-performance, commercially available products for the first time in space. We particularly use personal digital assistants (PDAs) as a main computer in orbit (2) to demonstrate new potential uses for small satellites in various space studies, as proposed by the "satellite-core" concept. For the Cute-1.7 mission, we will carry avalanche photo diodes (APDs) as a high-count particle monitor in low-Earth orbit. Here we present details of various ground tests and pre-flight performance of the Cute-1.7 immediately before the launch. Results of the Cute-1.7 mission will provide quick feedback for space applications of APDs in Japan's future X-ray astronomy mission NeXT.
KW - Avalanche photo-diode
KW - Cute-1.7
KW - PDA
KW - Pico-satellite
KW - Satellite core
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JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
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