Hayabusa's 1st half of return cruise - flight results on attitude control and ion engines propulsion

Junichiro Kawaguchi*, Osamu Mori, Hitoshi Kuninaka, Takashi Kominato, Kenichi Shirakawa

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Abstract

The paper presents the attitude reorientation taking the advantage of solar radiation pressure without use of any fuel aboard. The strategy had been adopted to make Hayabusa spacecraft keep pointed toward the Sun for several months, while spinning. The paper adds the above mentioned results reported in Sedona this February showing another challenge of combining ion engines propulsion tactically balanced with the solar radiation torque with no spin motion. The operation has been performed since this March for a half year successfully. The flight results are presented with the estimated solar array panel diffusion coefficient and the ion engine's swirl torque.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSpace Flight Mechanics 2008 - Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, Proceedings of the AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting
Pages1133-1148
Number of pages16
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameAdvances in the Astronautical Sciences
Volume130 PART 2
ISSN (Print)0065-3438

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