Current Status and Future Perspective of University of Tokyo's Micro Satellite Research and Development

Abstract

University of Tokyo has been developing small satellites since 1999 for educational purposes as well as technology development. So far, several types of pico-satellites including CanSats and CubeSat are designed and constructed. This paper reports history of CanSat project, Fly Back competition using CanSats, conceptual design of CubeSat II which is currently being developed and future perspective of UT's small satellite project.