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SUMMARY:“f3 Engineering” Project and Development of Hybrid Kick-motor 
 for Small Deep Space Probes
DTSTART:20191029T140000
DTEND:20191029T150000
DTSTAMP:20260312T121452Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Harunori Nagata\nDivisions related to Mechanical and Spa
 ce Engineering at Hokkaido University in Sapporo\, Japan\, are launching t
 he F-cube Engineering program next fiscal year\, collaborating with the Mu
 roran Institute of Technology. F-cube stands for three keywords: engineeri
 ng in Frontiers\, using spacious Fields in Hokkaido\, and developing Final
  products. The center covers development projects relating to aerospace an
 d marine engineering. A purpose is to provide students with opportunities 
 to learn systems engineering. A core project in this program is the develo
 pment of a hybrid kick-motor for small deep-space probes. The plan is to g
 o geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) by share riding. GTO is very close to
  deep-space. For example\, a transfer to Mars flyby orbit from GTO is poss
 ible by about 1.2 km velocity increment. The kick-motor employs high-densi
 ty polyethylene as solid fuel and nitrous oxide as a liquid oxidizer. Veri
 fication firing tests of an engineering model motor will take place in thi
 s fiscal year\, followed by flight-model motor firing tests in the next fi
 scal year. In this talk\, Prof. Harunori Nagata\, Vice Dean Faculty of Eng
 ineering at Hokkaido University\, introduces the F-cube Engineering progra
 m and brief the audience on the Hybrid Kick-motor for Small Deep Space Pro
 bes. \n \nHarunori NAGATA is a Professor\, Vice Dean of the Faculty of E
 ngineering\, Hokkaido University\, Japan. He is the inventor of CAMUI-type
  hybrid rocket and a well-recognized pioneer of hybrid rocket launches in 
 Japan. The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (JSASS)\, The
  Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering (JSME)\, and Combustion Society o
 f Japan have honored him for his contributions to hybrid rocket developmen
 ts. Recently CAMUI-type hybrid rockets developed by his group play an impo
 rtant role as a small-scale rocket experiment tool due to the simplified s
 afety management requirements and high reliability. From 2015 to 2019\, He
  was the chairman of the advisory committee for space engineering in ISAS\
 , JAXA. From 2012 to 2018\, He was the president of UNISEC (University Spa
 ce Engineering Consortium)\, a non-profitable organization to support prac
 tical space development activities in universities and colleges. UNISEC-gl
 obal was organized in 2013 and recognized as a UN-COPUOS Permanent Observe
 r in 2017.\n\nReferences:\nProf. H. Nagata’s personal page\nLaboratory o
 f Space Systems\nUNISEC-Global\n 
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