S1901-1-6 Development of Osaka Institute of Technology Nano-Satellite with Electric Rocket Engines "PROITERES"

Abstract

The Project of Osaka Institute of Technology Electric-Rocket-Engine onboard Small Space Ship (PROITERES) was started at Osaka Institute of Technology in 2007. In PROITERES, a nano-satellite with electrothermal pulsed plasma thrusters (PPTs) will be launched in 2010. The main mission is to achieve powered flight of nano-satellite by an electric thruster and to observe Kansai district in Japan with a high-resolution camera. The flight model of the satellite was successfully developed, and the satellite FM was under final test.