2016 Volume 14 Issue ists30 Pages Pg_17-Pg_21
The H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) is Japan's unmanned cargo transfer spacecraft that delivers cargo/supplies. It has on-orbit platform function to provide a demonstration to users from HTV4. ElectroDynamic Tether (EDT) technique, which is a promising candidate as a debris removal device, is planned to be demonstrated using HTV6. The demonstration concept is that the end-mass with 700 meter tether is deployed and currents on the tether are driven by emitting electrons from HTV after departure from ISS. This mission is called Kounotori Integrated Tether Experiments (KITE), and there are some demands for unique operations of the HTV in order to perform KITE. The objective of the paper is to evaluate KITE feasibility from the standpoint of HTV operation.
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