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Experimental Overview
Pointing a CCD Camera toward any direction and acquiring image by commands from Ground Station
A Rotation angle is measured using potentiometer, and that data is stored in the memory integrated inside of CanSat.


Experimental Objective

Uplink Engineering Test
        CanSat receives commands transmitted from GS.

Teleoperation Engineering Test
        Pointing a CCD Camera toward any direction by commands from GS.

Downlink Engineering Test
        Downlink images acquired from a CCD Camera to the ground station
        When we receive a radio wave from CanSat with directional antenna at GS, we try to point our antenna toward CanSat        by utilizing AGC level.



Exwerimental Signification

  Operating this ARLISS experiment, we make a basic study of micro/pico satellite, Communication technology, teleoperation technology, pointing control of CCD camera, and this experiment is applicable to CubeSat project.



CanSat#001 "C4-Sat" System Block Diagram




CanSat#001 "C4-Sat" Experimental Sequence

1. CanSat release from the carrier is detected by micro switch, after that pwoer of CanSat is ON
2. Rotation angle of CCD camera start to measured, and ptentiometer data is stored in the memory.
3. CanSat start to transmit CCD image, on the GS side, start to receive CCD image and record it. On the other hand, GS    antenna is pointed to the CanSat direction measuring a AGC level of received radio wave.
4. CCD camera rotates automatically follwing the commands from OBC.
5. Pointing a CCD Camera toward any direction receiving commands from Ground Station.
6. Mission is kept on to the running out of battery life.
7. Recover CanSat, and secure the memory.



For More Information

   § SRTL Director
         Prof. SaburoMATUNAGA< Matunaga.Sabro@horse.mes.titech.ac.jp>


   § SRTL ARLISS 2000 CANSAT TEAM Student Director
         Koji NAKAYA< koji@horse.mes.titech.ac.jp>


   § CANSAT#001 "C4-Sat" Project Manager
         Hirotaka SAWADA< hiro@horse.mes.titech.ac.jp>


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Tokyo Institute of Technology    Space Robotics and Teleoperations Laboratory (SRTL)
ARLISS 2000 CANSAT TEAM
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