Presentation 2017-11-24
Proximity operation of MINERVA-II rovers onboard Hayabusa2 asteroid explorer
Tetsuo Yoshimitsu, Atsushi Tomiki, Takashi Kubota,
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Abstract(in English) MINERVA-II is an onboard payload of Hayabusa2 asteroid explorerwhich was launched in 2014 and is now heading for Asteroid Ryugu to make a rendezvous in 2018. MINERVA-II is composed of three rovers to make scientific observations on the asteroid surface. They will make autonomous explorations over the microgravity environment of the asteroidafter they have been deployed from the mother spacecraft at the vicinity of the surface. All the rovers as well as another lander developed by Europe have an identical communication system. Even when all the surface probes are alive at the same time, the relay module onboard the mother spacecraft can simultaneously get telemetry datafrom all the probes. This paper describes the proximity operation issues of the rover systemafter Hayabusa2 have arrived at the asteroid.
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Keyword(in English) solar system exploration / planetary rover / asteroid
Paper # SANE2017-81
Date of Issue 2017-11-16 (SANE)

Conference Information
Committee SANE
Conference Date 2017/11/23(2days)
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Place (in English) Malaysia (Borneo Island)
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Topics (in English) ICSANE2017
Chair Sonosuke Fukushima(ENRI)
Vice Chair Toshifumi Moriyama(Nagasaki Univ.) / Akitsugu Nadai(NICT)
Secretary Toshifumi Moriyama(Mitsubishi Electric) / Akitsugu Nadai(ENRI)
Assistant Manabu Akita(Univ. of Electro-Comm.) / Ryo Natsuaki(Univ. of Tokyo)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Space, Aeronautical and Navigational Electronics
Language ENG
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Title (in English) Proximity operation of MINERVA-II rovers onboard Hayabusa2 asteroid explorer
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) solar system exploration
Keyword(2) planetary rover
Keyword(3) asteroid
1st Author's Name Tetsuo Yoshimitsu
1st Author's Affiliation Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA(ISAS/JAXA)
2nd Author's Name Atsushi Tomiki
2nd Author's Affiliation Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA(ISAS/JAXA)
3rd Author's Name Takashi Kubota
3rd Author's Affiliation Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA(ISAS/JAXA)
Date 2017-11-24
Paper # SANE2017-81
Volume (vol) vol.117
Number (no) SANE-321
Page pp.pp.97-100(SANE),
#Pages 4
Date of Issue 2017-11-16 (SANE)