International CanSat Workshop

23 ‒ 24 February 2007
Takeda Hall, University of Tokyo, Japan
Co-organized by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) andUniversity Space Engineering Consortium (UNISEC)
In cooperation with Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF)Space Education and Awareness Working GroupBackground“CanSat” is a nano-scale satellite model, weighing 350 to 1050 g, which provides excellent training
opportunities for those who wish to pursue careers that involve satellite design, fabrication andoperation. All basic functions of a satellite, such as those of power and communications, are fitted
into a soda can of 350 ml or a little more, and it could perform various experiments such as attitudecontrol, image capture and downlink as well as differential GPS measurement.

In a CanSat comeback competition, one has to make a CanSat with a certain control mechanism,
such as parafoil, to reach a specified target point without human intervention after the release from aballoon at a high altitude or following the launch by an amateur rocket. The one who can makehis/her CanSat come closest to the target point wins the competition. This competition has been heldin Japan and the United States with the participation of an increasing number of universities.

Currently, there are a few CanSat experiment events held in the United States on an annual basis.
The one known as ARLISS, A Rocket Launch for International Student Satellite, which started in
1999 and takes place every year at Black Rock, Nevada, is beginning to enjoy receiving a wide
range of participants not only from the United States but also from Japan and European countries.

On the occasion of the fifty-sixth International Astronautical Congress (IAC), held in Fukuoka,
Japan, in October 2005, the University Space Engineering Consortium (UNISEC) organized a
CanSat workshop. From among the students participating in the IAC Student Participation
Programme, which was sponsored by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), European Space Agency(ESA), National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States and Japan
Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), interested students worked together with Japanese students
on the final settings and testing of CanSats and conducted a “CanSat Come-Back” demonstration.
Over 40 students took part in this event.

A several European institutes and universities since then have expressed their interest in organisingnational CanSat competitions in their respective countries. ESA organized a workshop on 5 October
2006 in Valencia, Spain, during the fifty-seventh IAC to exchange information on the existing
CanSat activities and to stimulate interest among European students to participate in CanSat
competitions to be held in Europe.

At the meeting of Heads of Education held on 5 October 2006, ESA proposed to the International
Space Education Board (ISEB),1 to organize a Global CanSat Competition. In view of various levels

1 ISEB was established in October 2005 to: i) increase science, technology, engineering and mathematics literacy

achievement in connection with space; and ii) support the future workforce needs of space programs. The founding
members of ISEB are CSA, ESA, JAXA and NASA. ESA served as the Chairman during the initial year, from
October 2005 to October 2006.

of interest, expertise and experience among its Members, ISEB considered that the proposed project
still required maturation. However, ISEB welcomed the offer by JAXA to take the lead in organizing
an international CanSat workshop in early 2007 in Japan, in close collaboration with UNISEC.

Against such background, JAXA and UNISEC will jointly organize an International CanSat
Workshop in Tokyo, Japan, on 23 and 24 February 2007, with a view to further elaborating theconcept of a global CanSat competition and identifying steps to be undertaken to organize the global
competition.

During the thirteenth session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF), held inJakarta, Indonesia, in December 2006, JAXA Space Education Center reported to the APRSAFSpace Education and Awareness Working Group on the CanSat activities and the Ground Station
Network (GSN) project carried out by university students in Japan, particularly through the
University Space Engineering Consortium (UNISEC). In response to the offer made by JAXA, theWorking Group agreed that interested members of the Working Group should contact JAXA Space
Education Center to participate in the above-mentioned International CanSat Workshop.

Dates
23-24 February 2007

Venue
Takeda Hall, University of Tokyo, 2-11-16, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Objectives
The International CanSat Workshop will aim to achieve the following objectives:i)

To review the latest status of CanSat activities, including the latest CanSat technologies and theactivities relating to rockets to launch CanSats;ii) To exchange views on visions and future plans for CanSat activities in Europe, North Americaand Asia and the Pacific;iii) To discuss the desirability of convening a global CanSat competition and, if considered desirable,
to identify best ways and means to organize such a competition.

Programme
Friday, 23 February 2007
9:00 – 10:00
Registration of participants
Opening Session: Overview of CanSat Activities
Moderator: S. Matunaga, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan)
10:00 – 10:15
Opening remarks-- Background and objectives

10:15 – 10:45

Japanese CanSat activities

10:45 – 11:15

U.S. CanSat activities

11:15 – 11:45

ARLISS Comeback Competition: evolution of
run-back rovers
Questions and Answers
Special Presentation:
Invitation to the International Astronautical
Congress (IAC) Hyderabad 2007
Lunch break

11:45 – 12:15
12:15 – 12:30

12:30 – 13:30

Session on Rockets for CanSat
Moderator: K. Yoshida, Tohoku University (Japan)
13:30 – 14:00
History and mission of ARLISS (A Rocket
Launch for International Student Satellite)
14:00 – 14:20
Can-Sat launch experiment lineup provided
by Camui Space Works Ltd.
14:20 – 14:40
Providing experimental opportunity by
CAMUI Hybrid Rocket for Can-Sat
14:40 – 14:50
Questions and Answers
14:50 – 15:10
Coffee/tea break

T. Chiku/E. Hirohama, Space
Education Center, Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency (JAXA) (Japan)
T. Yasaka, University SpaceEngineering Consortium (UNISEC)(Japan)S. Nakasuka, University of Tokyo(Japan)R. Twiggs, Stanford University(United States of America)
K. Yoshida, Tohoku University(Japan)M.Y.S. Prasad, Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO) (India)

J. and B. Green, AEROPAC (UnitedStates of America)
T. Yasunaka, Camui Space WorksLtd. (Japan)
A. Kakikura, Hokkaido University(Japan)Technical Session: CanSat Activities at universities – Current Status and Achievements (Part 1)
Moderator: Y. Nakamura, University of Tokyo (Japan)
15:10 – 15:30
Development of Open-Class CanSat “i CAN
K. Togai, Space Club, Aoyama
fly” using a coordinate-controlled parafoil
Gakuin University (Japan)
system
15:30 – 15:50
Challenging paraglide control system:
S. O. Starzewski, Lyon University
CLES-FACIL student club developing(France)CANSAT in cooperation with Kyushu
Institute of Technology
15:50 – 16:10
About the past and present Cansat
T. Masuda, Nihon University (Japan)
development in Nihon University
16:10 – 16:30
Results report of ARLISS 2006
A. Sekiguchi, Tohoku University(Japan)
16:30 – 16:50
CanSat development program in Tokyo
Y. Konda, Tokyo Institute of
Institute of Technology
Technology (Japan)
16:50 – 17:10
17:10 – 17:30
17:30 – 19:30

CANSAT activities in University of Tokyo:
excellent training for real satellite project
Questions and Answers
Reception (at Foyer)

Y. Kusakawa, University of Tokyo(Japan)Saturday, 24 February 2007
Technical Session: CanSat Activities - Visions and future plans
Moderator: S. Nakasuka, University of Tokyo (Japan)
9:15 – 9:35
Nano-satellite payload development at the
University of Sydney"
9:35 – 9:55
LEEM national CanSat competition and its
international upgrade
9:55 – 10:15
10:15 – 10:35

Norwegian CanSat competition and future
plans
CANSAT – Malaysian Plan

10:35 – 10:55

Colombia Aerospace Agenda– Plans and Perspectives of Cansat-Pico
Satellite Activities in Colombia–
Discussion Session
Moderator: S. Nakasuka, University of Tokyo ( Japan)
11:00 – 12:00 Discussion on future visions and international
collaborations-- including discussion on thedesirability of convening a global CanSat
competition
12:00 – 13:50 Lunch break (at Foyer.)(NB: Details on the venue and time of thedemonstration to be provided.)

S. Sukkarieh, Sydney University(Australia)
H. Salvador Fouz and J. Carlos
Gómez Pallarés, Universidad
Politécnica de Madrid (Spain)
A. Nylund, NAROM AS (Norway)
M. F. Sayuti, A. Zulkifli, S. W. Ng
and T. K. Jong, Malaysia Space
Agency (Malaysia)
A. Rodriguez Ochoa,
San Buenaventura University(Colombia)

All participants

Demonstration of rover and displayof cansats and hybrid rockets:
interested university teams

Technical Session: CanSat Activities at universities – Current Status and Achievements (Part 2)Moderator: Y. Miyazaki, Nihon University (Japan)
13:50 – 14:10 About the activity of Akita University Student
E. Saito, Akita University Student
Space Project and the making of CanSat
Space Project (Japan)
14:10 – 14:30 Results obtained by the YASHAGO Team at
T. Yoshikawa, Tohoku University
ARLISS2006(Japan)
14:30 – 14:50 First fly-back of Tohoku University ARLISS
P. Saisudjarit, Tohoku University(Japan)2006
14:50 – 15:10 Coffee/tea break
Session on CanSat Challenges by Senior High School Students
Moderator: T. Eishima, University of Tokyo (Japan)
15:10 – 15:20 Participation-style outreach program on spaceengineering using CanSat
15:20 – 15:30 Development of wind speed sensor and releasemechanism of a KEWPIE Doll in midair
15:30 – 15:40

Experiment on attitude control for solar power
generation

15:40 – 15:50

Demonstration of planetary rover controlledfrom ground station through onboard camera

15:50 – 16:00

Separation of tethered LED-daughtership frommother-CanSat

Concluding Session
Moderator: S. Nakasuka (Japan)
16:00 – 16:20
Summary of the Workshop
16:20 – 16:30
Closing remarks

T. Eishima, University of Tokyo(Japan)H. Sato, T. Tsukishita, T. Hagiwara
and M. Sakai, Waseda Prep School(Japan)H. Yu, Y. Nishitani, S. Wada and N.
Yanagimotoi, Waseda Prep School(Japan)H. Suzuki, T. Ninomiya, Y. Shintani
and M. Sakumai, Waseda Prep
School (Japan)
K. Nemoto, K. Funaki, A. Yamane,
M. Yamanoi and M. Suzuki, Waseda
Prep School (Japan)

Abstracts
Friday, 23 February 2007
Opening Session: Overview of CanSat Activities
10:15 – 10:45 Japanese CanSat Activities – Road to
ICW-01
Nano-Satellite Development
10:45 – 11:15

U.S. CanSat Activities

11:15 – 11:45

ARLISS Comeback Competition:
Evolution of Run-Back Rovers

ICW-02
ICW-03Session on Rockets for CanSat
13:30 – 14:00 History and Mission of ARLISS (ARocket Launch for International Student
ICW-04
Satellite)
14:00 – 14:20

ICW-05
ICW-06

14:20 – 14:40

Can-Sat Launch Experiment Lineup
Provided by Camui Space Works Ltd.
Providing Experimental Opportunity by
CAMUI Hybrid Rocket for Can-Sat

S. Nakasuka, Universityof Tokyo (Japan)
R. Twiggs, Stanford
University (United Statesof America)
K. Yoshida, Tohoku
University (Japan)

J. and B. Green,
AEROPAC (UnitedStates of America)
T. Yasunaka, Camui
Space Works.
Ltd.(Japan)
A. Kakikura, Hokkaido
University, (Japan)

Technical Session: CanSat Activities at Universities – Current Status and Achievements Part 1
K.Togai, Space Club,
15:10 – 15:30 Development of Open-Class CanSat "iAoyama Gakuin
CAN fly" Using a Coordinate-Controlled
ICW-07
University (Japan)
Parafoil System
15:30 – 15:50

Challenging paraglide control system:
CLES-FACIL student club developing
CANSAT in cooperation with Kyushu
Institute of Technology

S. O. Starzewski, Lyon
University (France)

15:50 – 16:10

About the Past and Present Cansat
Development in Nihon University

T. Masuda, Nihon
University (Japan)

16:10 – 16:30

Results Report of ARLISS2006

16:30 – 16:50

CanSat Development Program in Tokyo
Institute of Technology

16:50 – 17:10

CANSAT Activities in University ofTokyo - Excellent Training for Real
Satellite ProjectA. Sekiguchi, Tohoku
University (Japan)
Y. Konda, Tokyo
Institute of Technology(Japan)Y. Kusakawa, Universityof Tokyo (Japan)

ICW-08

ICW-09ICW-10ICW-11

ICW-12

Saturday, 24 February 2007
Technical Session: CanSat Activities - Visions and Future Plans
9:15 – 9:35
Nano-satellite Payload Development at theICW-13
University of Sydney
9:35 – 9:55

ICW-14
ICW-15

9:55 – 10:15
10:15 – 10:35

ICW-16
10:35 – 10:55

ICW-17

S. Sukkarieh, Sydney
University (Australia)

LEEM National CanSat Competition and
its International Upgrade

H. Salvador, Universidad
Politécnica de Madrid(Spain)Norwegian CanSat Competition and Future Amund Nylund,
Plans
NAROM AS (Norway)
M.F. Sayuti, A. Zulkifli,
CANSAT – Malaysia Plan
S.W. Ng and T.K. Jon,
Malaysia Space Agency(Malaysia)
A. Rodriguez Ochoa, San
Colombia Aerospace Agenda– Plans and Perspectives of Cansat-Pico Buenaventura University(Colombia)
Satellite Activities in Colombia–

Technical Session: CanSat Activities at universities – Current Status and Achievements Part 2
13:50 – 14:10 About the Activity of Akita University E.
Saito,
Akita
University
Student
Space
ICW-18Student Space Project and the Making ofProject (Japan)
CansatICW-19ICW-20

14:10 – 14:30

Results obtained by the YASHAGO teamat ARLISS2006

T. Yoshikawa, Tohoku
University (Japan)

14:30 – 14:50

First Fly-back of Tohoku Univ.
ARLISS2006

P. Saisudjarit, Tohoku
University (Japan)

Session on CanSat Challenges by Senior High School Students
15:10 – 15:20 Participation-Style Outreach Program on T. Eishima, University of
ICW-21
Space Engineering Using CanSat
Tokyo (Japan)
Poster Session
13:00 – 13:50
ICW-22
13:00 – 13:50

ICW-23

An Activity of CanSat Project in Keio
University
Sanuki CanSat for STARS– in the Kagawa
Satellite Development Project

Keio Gijyuku
University
Kagawa University

1) Japanese CanSat Activities – Road to Nano-Satellite Development Shinichi Nakasuka
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Tokyo
nakasuka@space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
In Japan, several universities have been involved in CanSat program since 1998. CanSats are
350 ml Coke-can sized nano-satellites, and students of various universities have been making theirown CanSats which perform various experiments such as attitude control, tether control, image
capture and downlink, differential GPS measurement, and so on. Annually since 1999, students
have brought their CanSats to a desert in Nevada State, USA, where amateur rockets lifted CanSats
up to 12000ft (3600m) and released them. During the descent with parachutes, CanSats could
perform various designed experiments. Fig.1 shows one example of CanSats made by Universityof Tokyo in 2000 which performed differential GPS measurement experiment using cross link
between satellites. The universities participating in this experiment named ARLISS are getting
more and more, and in 2006, 8 universities with more than 100 students went to Black Rock to test
their CanSats and experienced the first step training towards nano-satellite development. CanSat
activities have been recognized an excellent material for student space engineering education not
only from technological aspects but also from project management aspect. Many universities
started real orbital satellites projects such as CubeSat based on the experiences and knowledge
obtained in CanSats activities, and already three CubeSats and two 2-3kg satellites have beenlaunched and operated successfully in the Earth orbits. Currently these nano-satellite as well as
CanSat activities are coordinated by UNISEC (http://www.unisec.jp) .

Fig.1

Differential GPS Experiment CanSat

Fig.2 Comeback CanSat

Since 2001, in order to further motivate the students towards developing more sophisticatedspace systems, "Comeback Competition" has been held. In this competition, a CanSat with acertain steering mechanism such as parafoil should, after release from rocket in high altitude,
come back to a certain target point autonomously without human interaction, and the one whichcomes nearest to the target point wins the competition. Usually the CanSat obtains its positionand velocity information using GPS, and the difference of the current position/velocity and thetarget point’s position/direction is feedbacked to calculate the control signal, which is used topull the control surface of the parafoil. This is a typical navigation-guidance-control problem.
The most CanSats are "fly-back type" with parafoils or other flying mechanisms (Fig.2), butsince 2002, "roving-back type" CanSats which drives back with wheels after landing have been
participating. In 2006, the roving-back type marked a surprising result of “6m to the target.”Domestic competitions have also been held since 2002, using balloons.
In the presentation, the history of Japanese CanSat activities, their significance, examples ofexperiments and future vision will be described.

2) Introducing New Challenges for Future Space Missions
Prof. Robert J. Twiggs
Stanford University
Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Durand 127
Stanford, CA 94305-4035, USA
TEL +1-650-723-8651
Bob.Twiggs@Stanford.Edu
The use of CanSats (350 g) was introduced at the JUSTSAP conference in Hawaii in 1998.

This

become the challenge of US and international universities, especially those from Japan at the
ARLISS amateur rocket launches in the Black Rock desert in Nevada USA starting in 1999. We
believe that this experience lead to the first successful CubeSat launches in 2003.

The increased

challenge in the ARLISS event to include the Come Back Contents in 2002 has pushed the ARLISS
projects into more complex payloads and autonomous rovers.

We now propose a new event for the experienced flight payload builders from the ARLISS event.
These are launches from the new Mavericks Launch group that will be in addition to the ARLISS
launches each September.

The Mavericks group will provide new challenges to both the rocketbuilder and the payload builder.

These new rockets will go to 30k, 60k and 100k ft altitude.

The payload builders can participate with smart probes (intelligent CanSats), flight deployedautonomous and teleoperated rovers. There will also be a class of ground deployed autonomous andteleoperated rovers.

There will be a practice Mavericks launch session in July of 2007 and acontest with prize money in October of 2007.

The objective of this new opportunity for student flight participation is to start preparation for
payloads that can go on near future Lunar and Mars missions.

3) ARLISS Comeback Competition– Evolution of Run-Back Rovers –Kazuya Yoshida
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Tohoku University
Aoba 6-6-01, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
TEL/FAX: +81-22-795-6992
yoshida@astro.mech.tohoku.ac.jp
As a specific challenge in the ARLISS program, Comeback Competition has been held since theyear 2002. In this competition, teams compete the distance how close the payload canautonomously come to a designated goal marked in the Black Rock Playa. Each payload islaunched in the sky up to 4,000 meters altitude by a solid-fueled rocket operated by themembers of AEROPAC, an American armature rocketry association. After the ejection from therocket, the payload can take its own approach toward the goal. One of typical approaches istermed "fly-back" approach in which the payload makes aerodynamic maneuvers using asteerable canopy/wing to land on the target. The other is termed "run-back" approach in which
the payload makes surface locomotion toward the goal after the landing.
Since the beginning year of the Comeback Competition, student teams from Tohoku University
have been challenging this competition taking the "run-back" approach. The payloads use a
two-wheel system to navigate the playa using an on-board GPS-based controller. The payloads
are in the size and weight to fit in the Open-class regulation (1,050 gram).
In earlier years, the payloads had major problems such that a parachute did not open, the wheel
driving system did not start after the landing, or the payload got caught in rugged area,
particularly artificial ruts created by motor vehicles. But finally, at the fifth year challenge,
teams from Tohoku University took the 1st and 2nd places in the 2006 Competition with therecord of 6 m and 44 m. In this presentation, the design and technology evolution of run-backpayloads, and many precious lessens we learned in these five years are summarized.

Mission sequence for a "run-back" payload

The winning design in 2006 competition

4) AeroPac Activities and Its Contributions to ARLISS(A Rocket Launch for International Student Satellites)
Jim Green and Becky GreenAEROPAC, USA•

Our presentation begins with a history of AeroPac. It details the date started, when we
joined and the relationship of the Tripoli organization.

•

The presentation then starts to talk about the history of ARLISS. How it got started. Who
the original fliers were. What the initials ARLISS mean. Picture of the original fliers.

•

It then talks about the number of participating schools in the beginning and how they haveincreased along with the number of flights.

•

Several pictures show student transportation, CanSats, rockets, students, professors.

•

A slide shows the mission of ARLISS•Another slide discusses the various joys of a rocket launch•

A 2 minute movie shows a recent rocket launch•

The next slide shows technical data of an ARLISS rocket including rocket design, rocket
speed and altitude.

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The next slide is a 5 minute movie that shows the most recent ARLISS launch.

•

The final 2 slides are•

There are 21 slides in total.

“Thank you” and a “Questions?” slide.

5) Can-Sat Launch Experiment Lineup Provided by
Camui Space Works Ltd.
Toshihiko Yasunaka, Tsutomu Uematsu, Harunori Nagata
Camui Space Works Ltd.
230-50,Kyowa-cyo, Akabira-City, Hokkaido, 079-1101,Japan
TEL/FAX: +81-125-34-4133/4130 Email: t-yasu01@juno.ocn.ne.jp
Camui Space Works Ltd. (CSW), established on December 2006, will provide three stages ofCan-sat launch experiment according to the level of development. Step-by-step Can-sat development
is possible in our launch experiment lineup. In the first stage the drop-tower for microgravity
experiment (Fig.1) provides the release altitude of 45 m. Repetitive trial-and-error approach ispossible in this stage. In the second stage, a radio-controlled model plane (Fig.2) carries a Can-sat
and releases it at a preferred altitude as high as 200 m. The final stage is a real rocket launch by a
Camui-type hybrid rocket (Fig.3) to an altitude around 1000 m.
Because the experimental facilities in the first and second stages
are in or near the workshop of CSW, on-site repair is possible when
the Can-sat is damaged in the experiment.
Every Can-sat has a different mission with each other and
CSW wants to support the Can-sat experiment from preliminary
stages by putting our technical knowledge and experiences as amanufacturer. Offering the best experimental environment for eachpurpose is a policy of CSW.
CSW was established as a new space industry to share the
dream of the space development across Hokkaido, and to realize a
new space development activities supported by the local society in
our country. The followings are our business content:
1. Research and development, production, and distributionof space-related equipment.
2. Research and development, production, and distributionof space-related experimental apparatus.
3. Contracting business of space-related experiment.
4. Research and development of educational materials.
5. Leasing business of space-related equipment.
6. Repair and maintenance of space-related equipment

Fig. 2 CAMUI rocket launch.
(Copyright: Taiki-town)

Fig.1 Drop tower for microgravity
experiments.

Fig. 3 CAMUI rocket launch.
(Copyright: Taiki-town)

6) Providing Experimental Opportunity by
CAMUI Hybrid Rocket for Can-Sat
Akihito Kakikura
Hokkaido University
N13W8, kitaku, Sapporosi, Hokkaido, 060-0813, Japan
TEL/FAX: 011-706-7226/011-706-7227
mori@mech-me.eng.hokudai.ac.jp
With the rapidly growing market of small satellite launches, hybrid rockets have lately attracted
considerable attentions as a strong candidate of small, low cost, safe, and reliable launch vehicles. In
conventional hybrid rockets, the poor mixing between oxidizer and gasified fuel in the boundary
layer causes the low thrust and low combustion efficiency. We are developing a hybrid rocket withCAMUI method, which is an abbreviation of ‘’CAscaded MUltistage Impinging-jet’’. With thismethod we can overcomes the defects of conventional hybrid rockets mentioned above and realize asmall explosive-free launcher. Figure 1 shows the schematic concept of CAMUI method. In eachport, mixing and combustion occurs in the turbulent boundary layer over the inner surface as the way
in conventional hybrid rockets. On each forward end surfaces, on the other hand, mixing andcombustion occurs around the stagnation point produced by the impinging gas flow out of the
upstream ports. Polyethylene and liquid-oxygen are used as fuel and oxidizer, respectively.
Oxidizer Flow

Combustion Gas Flow
Parachute for CAN-SAT

・・・

Parachute for FM

Fairing

Injector

Fuel Blocks
Dummy Block

Separation Mechanism

CAN-SAT

NozzleFig.1 Schematic view of CAMUI system
Schematic view of CAMUI flight model

He Bottle

Fig.2

Motor

LOX Tank

Stabilizing Fin

On December 23rd, we demonstrated two CanSat launches in Taiki, Hokkaido, using 80 kgf classCAMUI hybrid rocket. Figure 2 shows the schematic view of the vehicle for this test. The aim wasto release CanSats made by Future University-Hakodate atabout 1 km altitude. The separation
mechanism onboard carried a camera and a data acquisition equipments including a barometer toobtain the altitude. Unfortunately, the equipment didn’t work in the first launch and only the data of
the second flight was acquired. The fuselage was recovered with little damage by a parachute.

7) Development of Open-Class CanSat "i CAN fly"using a coordinate-controlled parafoil system
Kuninori Togai, Satoshi Adachi, Tetsunori Hada, Yuji Inagaki,
Naoki Kitabayashi, Eri Yonezawa, and A. Koichi Hayashi
Aoyama Gakuin University Space Club
5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229-8558, Japan
TEL: +81-42-759-6216 FAX: +81-42-759-6507
a5605058@cc.aoyama.ac.jp
AGU-SC, Aoyama Gakuin University Space Club, has developed an Open-Class CanSat "i CAN
fly" to participate "Flyback Competition" at ARLISS (A Rocket Launch for International Student
Satellites) 2006, Black Rock desert, Nevada.

Its mission is to accomplish "flyback" toward thepredefined target as close as possible by controlling its parafoil.

The CanSat contains GPS receiver,

digital compass, transceiver, servo, and PIC microcontroller to achieve the mission.
Two flights were carried out at Black Rock desert as a participant of ARLISS. At the firstlaunch, the ejection altitude was not high enough and the flight was short, but consistent (Fig. 1).
At the second launch, the CanSat traveled approximately 13km from the launch site due to hardware
failure (Fig. 2). The flights, including test flights in Japan, demonstrated that the system worked asintended and that the parafoil might not be the best choice to glide against winds.

50

Ground HeightLong 119°8'

13km

0
2

0
-19

N

4
-20

-21

-22

Lat 40°51'

6TargetFig. 1Flight history of the 1st flight

Fig. 2

Cross-desert flight; the 2nd

Through the CanSat development, AGU-SC has earned numerous skills including electronics,
control, and project management, which may be applied to a future "real" satellite development.

8) Challenging Paraglide Control System,
CLES FACIL student club developing CANSAT
in cooperation with Kyushu Institute of Technology
Stanislaw Ostoja-Starzewski, Marc Dal Molin
CLES FACIL at National Institute of Applied Science (INSA) Lyon, France
52, rue du Lac, 69003 Lyon, France
TEL: +33-6-23-66-53-84
stanislaw.ostoja (at) gmail.com, marc.dal-molin (at) insa-lyon.fr
My presentation is to give an outline of the work of CLES FACIL, the experimental rocketry club
INSA Lyon, in the academic year 2006-2007.
As a response to the ESA (European Space Agency) initiative of initiating CanSat contests in Europe,
our student club decided to develop a sounding rocket with an embedded para-CanSat module thatwill be ejected and automatically navigated by a paraglide control system to a predefined target on
ground.
One of the particularities of our project is to eliminate the use of a normalized can-sized CanSat andto use instead the nose cone of the sounding rocket as the ejected capsule. The decision had to bemade due to French sounding rocket weight restrictions (12kg). In fact, our CanSat launcher isconceived to operate a pneumatic rotation control during its flight. The control system being heavy,
this workaround allows both experiences to take place.
The second feature is to develop and implement an optimizing control algorithm that would lead themodule as close as possible to the target. The existing algorithms have mainly a simple character andare focused on iterative correction of the directional vector. Our goal is to elaborate a more complex
three-phase algorithm, including an optimized trajectory, which would take into account several
flight scenarios and the wind factor. Under the assumption that the capsule has a constant descentangle during the flight, we calculate during the first phase (using GPS input data) the ‘optimal
trajectory’ that will be followed in the next phase. The second phase begins when the capsule reaches
the pre-calculated departure point and then it pursues a multi-curved path containing several
checkpoints. The strategy is to attenuate/broaden the curves so that the CanSat iteratively scorescheckpoints. In the final phase the module will follow a smooth single curve and land close to thetarget.
The last interesting aspect of CLES FACIL project is the collaboration with Team of Prof. Yonemoto
from Kyushu Institute of Technology. This cooperation began last year and includes the exchange ofknow-how, collaboration on the control algorithm, and will take first effect at La Courtine, France on
July 2007 during the CNES Rocket Launch Campaign.

9) Comeback System of Cansat
Takafumi Masuda
Nakamura & Miyazaki laboratory, Department of Aerospace Engineering,
College of Science and Technology, Nihon University
7-24-1, Narashinodai, Funabashi-shi, Chiba 274-8501, Japan
TEL/FAX: +81-47-469-5430
tmasuda@forth.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp
We, Nihon University, participated in the Cansat project for the first time in 2000. Up to now, wehave got essential technologies for the satellite development through the Cansat project. Moreover,
we have taken part in Come Back Competition, in which we compete for the return ability of
autonomous control based on the sensors such as GPS.
In this technical session, the author presents the history of the Cansat development in Nihon
University. Especially, the author presents two themes. One is the control algorithm of the direction
control and the altitude control of CBC(ComeBack Cansat) series. The other is the communication
method between two Cansats for the formation flight of FFC(Formation Flight Cansat).

Fig.1 FFC(left), CBC-03(right)10) Results Report of ARLISS2006
Akihiro SEKIGUCHI (Name)
Tohoku University, Yoshida-Nagatani Laboratory (Affiliation)
6-6-01, Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-0871, Japan (Address)
TEL/FAX: +81-22-795-6993 (TEL/FAX)
sekiguchi@astro.mech.tohoku.ac.jp (email)Since 2002 our laboratory has designed Run-back type rovers to be able to join the
yearly ARLISS Come-back competition. Until now we have had unsuccessful results due
to issues regarding the locomotion of our rovers. Since our first participation, we havegathered multiple experiences that have helped us improve our designs. These
improvements gave us the first prize at the ARLISS 2005 edition. Although we obtained
the first place with the record of 222 [m], we did not fulfill the condition for goal offinishing within 50 [m] from the goal position. This motivated us to satisfy thiscondition at the 2006 ARLISS edition.
In order to achieve a successful result, our Sekiguteam team came up with thefollowing ideas:
・ Use two parachutes, a big one and a smaller one, that will help land closer to thetarget・ Develop tires that have traversability and do not cause resistance when the roverruns
・ Reduce the possibility of failure by separating the parachutes through a Tyvek
At the ARLISS competition, once a failure happens at the rover, the next step in thegoal-reaching process will not be able to start since all the steps are connected serially.
Given this condition, we prepared measures to prevent such failures at every step of theprocess.
Thanks to these measures, our rover started to
run smoothly once the rover landed on thecompetition site. Although multiple problems
arose throughout the competition, these problems
did not stop our rover. As shown in Fig. 1, after adistance of 2.9 [km] being covered by our rover, we
arrived to our target goal within 6 [m] from thegoal position, which is the best mark out of allother records in this competition and fulfill thecondition for goal. The behavior, which is shown

Fig.1 Run Course of Roverat Fig.1, was first thought to be caused by a loose bearing at the left wheel. After several
experiments, it was determined that the problem was due to a software glitch rather
than a mechanical issue.

11) CanSat Development Program inTokyo Institute of Technology
Yasumi KONDA, Saburo MATUNAGA
Laboratory for Space Systems(LSS), Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,Tokyo Institute of Technology, JapanThe CanSat project is an international small satellite development project first suggested at the
University Space System Symposium (USSS) in Hawaii in 1998.This project is a unique opportunity
which gathers many Japanese and U.S universities. From 1999, A Rocket Launch for International
Student Satellites, or ARLISS, has been held every summer in the Nevada Black Rock desert. With
the help of the Aeropac Rocketry Association, it gives the students an opportunity to launch theirsmall satellite payloads on amateur rockets. Starting from 2002, a Space Glider Competition using
balloons has also been held in Japan. We, Laboratory for Space Systems (LSS) at the Tokyo Instituteof Technology, have been taking part every year in these events since 1999 up to 2006.
The Laboratory for Space Systems (LSS) considers this international CanSat Project as an
educational program that gives students practical knowledge about small satellites, since they go inseveral months through all the different project steps such as design, development and test but also
management, documentation writing and finally launch and operation. Our teams consist ofmembers that just joined the laboratory. After acquiring experience and knowledge by taking part to
the CanSat Project, these now trained students can become key members of our major satellite
projects with the objective of a real space launch. The third years, who haven’t yet joined thelaboratory but show great interest in these projects, can take part to our activities, and be trained tobe the next generation of students in LSS.
Various missions have already been accomplished until now by our teams in the CanSat
Project. The Come-Back Competition, where teams from various universities compete to land their
payloads the closest to a defined target, is one of the most challenging events we take part in. We
also put in place image acquisition missions every year from 1999 to 2006. In 2001, an antenna
deployment experiment using a heated nichrome wire as release mechanism was conducted. This
demonstration opportunity and its results allowed us to validate this approach. It was thensuccessfully applied to our CubeSats. In the Maeda CanSat project in 2004, a GMSK communication
system was developed and tested. It was then integrated to our Cute-1.7 + APD experimental
satellite. Among the experiments conducted via these CanSat projects, we can also count tether
utilization experiments (tether ejection, tether elevator and so on), GPS navigation experiments, atechnical data relay experiment, a maneuver experiment using shape memory alloys as well as
commercial camera vision module experiment piloted from an onboard Linux computer.
In these CanSat Projects, we pay attention to both the educational purpose of project
management and the opportunity of experimenting new technologies and new approaches. Throughthe Come-back competition we intend to experiment autonomous navigation, dispersion observationof the atmosphere using formation flight, landing missions, autonomous recovery of rocket parts,
local area search in times of disaster, or even communication and shipment of supplies. Theseexperiments are the opportunity to develop proof of concepts for future technologies we will load in
our CubeSats.

12) CanSat Activities in University of Tokyo- Excellent Training for Real Satellite Project Yasuhiro Kusakawa and Shinichi Nakasuka
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, JAPANkusakawa@space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
In University of Tokyo, students of ISSL (Intelligent Space Systems Laboratory) have beendeveloping CanSats since 1998, when Professor Twiggs of Stanford University proposed theconcept of CanSat. Every year, new comers of the laboratory are devoted to the development of
CanSats for about 6 months as the first step training for satellite development, with varying
experimental ideas. The developed CanSats are usually demonstrated at the Black Rock Desert
in USA at international experimental events named ARLISS, A Rocket Launch for International
Student Satellite. ISSL has also been participating in comeback competition since 2001 withvarious fly-back and rover type CanSats and Open Class Payloads.

In the presentation, thehistory of University of Tokyo’s CanSat activities, including experiments, obtained
technologies, lessons learned, and comeback competition records.
The experiences, know-hows and knowledge obtained in CanSat program became the basisof developing real orbital nano-satellites in ISSL, such as XI-IV, XI-V, PRISM, andNano-Jasmine. Two of them, XI-IV and XI-V have actually been launched and operated
successfully in space, which owes a lot to the CanSat experiences. In the presentation, how the
CanSat experience and technologies became the basis of the real satellite projects, and our
future vision on the nano-satellite development will be given briefly.
Finally I will discuss educational aspects of CanSat. We have followed one way for the
CanSat activities; but is it the best way for us or are there any other better ways? Recently wehave developed CanSat with students who are not members of our laboratory and who havealmost no knowledge about electric circuit design and project management. What would be thebest way to guide them towards the fruitful CanSat activities? There are many questions to beanswered in CanSat activities. We want to discuss these matters with the audience.

13) Payload Developments at the University of Sydney
Salah Sukkarieh
Australian Centre for Field Robotics
ACFR, Building J04, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
TEL: +61-2-9351-8154
salah@acfr.usyd.edu.au
In this presentation I will talk about some of the work that the University of Sydney is undertaking
in the area of payload sensors for small satellite systems. The Space Engineering group is relatively
young, only 3 years, but we have a significant background of expertise in sensing and data fusion inremote sensing applications for autonomous systems.
The presentation will discuss two particular payloads: the first is a small scale radiometer used forweather missions, and the second is a deployable space charger/deorbiter.

14) LEEM National CanSat Competition
and its International Upgrade
Héctor Salvador
Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM)
Laboratory for Space and Microgravity Research (LEEM)
Plaza Cardenal Cisneros, 3 – 28040 Madrid, Spain
TEL: +34-650-748-569
hector.salvador@leem.es

LEEM is a National Association created by students who took part on previous space-related
projects with the aim of encouraging students to participate on new projects and research
campaigns. To achieve this goal, LEEM provides all the information needed to approach a realengineering problem and facilitates the contact among all the people interested on these topics
to make possible the launch of new and more ambitious student projects.
The “Laboratory for Space and Microgravity Research” through its Education Division is giving
lectures and organizing workshops on primary and high schools to make kids being moreinterested on science and real research projects. The CanSat concept is then used as an attractive
way of involving different subjects studied by the children so they can develop their own
CanSats. During the workshop, LEEM provides the rockets to launch them on an exciting
experience.
Next October, 2007 LEEM will organize a National CanSat Competition for University
Students near Madrid. The teams can compete on Navigation, General Science and Sounding
Rocket categories. The last one will propose a different Sounding Rocket subsystem each year
and the winning team will be in charge of developing it in order to create a Student Sounding
Rocket through the cooperation of different Spanish Universities.
Once this national stage is completed, it is scheduled to organize an International CanSat
competition using this student rocket as launching vehicle from the biggest European desert, inthe south of Spain. This competition will be opened to worldwide students wishing to test their
CanSat launched at an approximate height of 6km.
Finally, LEEM is developing an atmospheric measurement CanSat that will be launched prior to
the start of the competition in order to provide the competing teams an estimation of the windconditions and rocket performances, so they can adjust to the optimum their CanSat
performances for each flight.
For more information, please visit: http://www.leem.es15) Norwegian CanSat Competition and Future Plans
Amund Nylund
NAROM – Norwegian Centre of Space-related Education
P.O. Box 54, 8483 Andenes, Norway
TEL/FAX: +47 76144531 / +47 76144401
amund@rocketrange.no
CanSat is a new concept in Norway, and there has actually only been build one Norwegian CanSat
at this point. But this is about to change. NAROM (Norwegian Centre of Space-related Education)
are introducing the CanSat concept to all Norwegian Universities, Colleges and some Upper
Secondary Schools by initiating the first Norwegian CanSat Competition. This presentation will
present the Norwegian CanSat Competition arranged by NAROM, the activities that led to thecompetition, and NAROMs future plans for the concept.

CanSat activities in Norway started when ESA (European Space Agency) Education Department
contacted NAROM in June 2006 and pointed out that there would be a CanSat Demonstration at the57th International Astronautical Congress in Valencia in October, and that they would sponsor two
Norwegian CanSat-students to this event. NAROM immediately initiated two groups of students tobuild a CanSat. Both groups presented their CanSat at a workshop held at Andoya Rocket Range(ARR) in September. NAROM selected one of the two groups to represent Norway at the IAC
demonstration in Valencia. Both NAROM and the students participated in the demonstration, and to
see the dedication and spirit of all the CanSat students was an inspiration to work further with theconcept in Norway.

After the demonstration in Valencia, NAROM started planning a Norwegian CanSat competition.
The plan is first to launch the CanSats from balloons from ARR, but we are also working withprofessional hybrid rockets as an option. With these rockets we are able to launch a cluster of three
CanSats to an altitude of 6 kilometres and range of 4 kilometres out in the sea. This challenging
mission requires that the CanSats either have an advanced fly-back system or some other kind ofrecovery system. We hope to be able to test the hybrid rockets during the late-summer of 2007, andif the tests are successful to arrange the Norwegian CanSat competition with hybrid rockets inautumn 2007. The ultimate goal for NAROM CanSat activities will be to host a Global CanSat
Competition at Andoya Rocket Range in the near future.

16) CANSAT – Malaysia Plan
M.F. Sayuti, A. Zulkifli, S.W. Ng and T.K. Jong
Malaysia Space Agency (ANGKASA)
Level 5, Block 2, Menara PJH, Precinct 2, 62100 Putrajaya, MALAYSIA.
TEL: +603-3180-4377 FAX: +603-3181-8503

Malaysia Space Agency (ANGKASA) has been responsible in promoting space related
educational programmes within the country over the past few years.

Some of these

programmes are now conducted annually and draw participation from various target groups
such as school children, teachers, researchers and scientist, other professionals and even the
public.
Among the annual programmes conducted are the National Space Camp and the National Space
Science Quiz that target school children between ages 10 – 12 years and the latter being aprestigious contest with the Prime Minister’s Trophy to be won.

Also, there is the National

Rocket Launching Competition that targets school children between ages 15 – 17 years.

The

National Rocket Launching Competition provides preliminary exposure to mechanics oftrajectory and parachute aerodynamics.

In extending these knowledge of physics andaddressing satellite design, manufacturing and launch, a cube satellite competition among
universities was held last year.
In light of our current activities, ANGKASA views the CANSAT initiative as a vital element inprogressing space education within the country.
very young to the graduate level.

It provides continuum in activities for the

In short, there will be educational activities for all addressing

different levels of knowledge and maturity requirements.

The first CANSAT competition will

be held in the fourth quarter of 2007. The program is intended for undergraduate students
from local universities. They will compete in the development, launch and operation of CanSat.
Aspects of the CANSAT programme within Malaysia will be presented and they include
implementation, guidelines and schedule.

17) Colombia Aerospace Agenda– Plans and Perspectives of Cansat-Pico Satellite Activities in Colombia–
MSc J.C Narvaez, Ph.D Alberto Rodriguez
San Buenaventura University -Colombia
Transversal 26 No 172-08-Edificio Fray Diego Barroso, Office 201-Bogotá, Colombia
TEL: +57-1-6671090-Ext: 257 /FAX: +57-1-6773003
jcnarvaez@usbbog.edu.co; alrodriguez@usbbog.edu.co
The University Pico-satellite program in Colombia, South America has been successful
generated, with impact in the whole Latin-American Region, and as part of the plan of action of theSecretariat Pro-Tempore of the Fourth Space Conference of the Americas (SPFSCA), that was under
Colombia responsibility from 2002 to 2006. The Secretariat Pro-Tem pores are sponsored by United
Nations Office of Outer Space Affaires (OOSA) and were born with the goal of calling attention to
the un development countries in the American Region, of the benefits of space Technology in many
fields such as Disaster Prevention, Sustainable Development, Natural Resources Management,
Telemedicine and Tele-education among others that increase the quality of life of those American
Communities. However one of the most important points of the agenda of the SPFSCA is the
Education. Decision makers of the un development region are not well educated on space technology
therefore their benefits cannot be a reality.
That is the reason why the SPFSCA has proposed the development of the University
Pico-Satellite Program in Colombia. However being able to convince Colombian Universities ofachieving this kind of projects was a great effort for its focal point, because of the same reason: Lackof Education of Decision makers inside Universities. Fortunately one University called Sergio
Arboleda has decided to develop the project with Telemetry Mission and its name is Libertad I. This
project is about to be launched on the very near future and it is supported by Stanford University and
California Polytechnic State University. This project has been well broadcasted by the local media in
Colombia included radio, TV and newspapers, as our first Colombian Satellite in Space. Based on
this experience another University has decided to develop the project with a Telemedicine Mission
as a Demonstration of Technology. The name of the University is Distrital University. This project ison CDR phase, it has already gotten the Cubesat Kit and has its own budget and is being supported
by California Polytechnic State University. as well as INPE (National Institute for Space Research in
Brazil). Now San Buenaventura University (SBU) looks for achieving a similar project andparticipates in the International Cansat Workshop organized by JAXA at Japan in order to be
motivated through the CanSat program.

18) About the activity of Akita university student space project
and the making of cansat
Eri Saito
Akita university student space project
1-1, Gakuen-cho, Tegata, Akita-city,Akita 010-8502, Japan
TEL/FAX: +81-018-889-2806 (TEL/FAX)
sa2ito2@hotmail.com
It introduces the activity that my team is doing and the cansat project.
Our organization is the student association that aimed to develop the space technology by thestudents. It consists of three groups (the rocket group, the space satellite group, and the group that
does activity of clerical work). The member of the rocket group makes a large-scale model rocket
and a hybrid rocket. The satellite group makes the cansat and the rover. The purpose of the rocket
group is to launch hybrid rocket at most and it of the space satellite group is to put out the spacesatellite to space and to move it. The third group that does activity of clerical work supports so thatthese two groups may act better. Our team is an organization in which not the faculty but the student
who doesn't have the exclusive knowledge at all gathers. We are supported by the synectics center.
The cansat competition is held several times in Japan every year. There is a Noshiro space eventin one in that. The rover competition, the hybrid rocket, and the model rocket are launched in thisevent besides cansat competition. The university student and the postgraduate gather to Noshoro
from all over the country. The member at Akita University is preparing this event.
Our organization was only cansat team when beginning. At that time, we were challenging thecansat making to participate in that event. This cansat team is a name "Space satellite group" now.
The first time produced the airframe named seba1. However, data was not processed. The structure
was also large. Then, we solved the problem little by little by making seba2 and seba3. Now, we
discuss how to make the next airframe to make a micro space satellite.

19) Results obtained by the YASHAGO team at ARLISS2006
YOSHIKAWA Takashi
YASHAGO-TEAM, Tohoku University
6-6-01, Aoba, Aramaki-aza, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, 980-8579, Japan
TEL/FAX: +81-22-795-6990
yoshikawa@astro.mech.tohoku.ac.jp

We developed a rover-type cansat named “Mamoru-kun”, and participated in Comeback
Competition by Runback approach. The features are followings.

1) Mechanism that the strings of the parachute doesn’t twine around the rover.
2) Burning off the strings of the parachute by NiCr wire3) Autonomous navigation system only by GPS receiver
4) Maximum speed is designed 3 [km/h] (1.86 [mph])

At the second launch, Mamoru-kun was successfully launched and automatically navigated
for the goal. However the battery mounted on the rover ran out and it stopped from the goal in the
distance of 44 [m].
After that, we analyzed the log and understood the trajectory from the launch to the goal,rover’s falling velocity with the parachute, wind velocity, the number of GPS satellite received its
radio wave and so on.
The poster reports the rover, the results at ARLISS2006 and the analytical results.

The
Developed roverAt the goal20) First Fly-back of Tohoku Univ. ARLISS2006
SAISUDJARIT Phongsatorn
C-Boys team, Tohoku University
6-6-01, Aoba, Aramaki-aza, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, 980-8579, Japan
TEL/FAX: +81-22-795-6990
pom@astro.mech.tohoku.ac.jp

We had developed a fly-back type can-sat named “Goku” and participated in Comeback
Competition ARLISS 2006. The features are followings.
1) Simple structure: GPS, RC-Servos, Para-foil.
2) Autonomous navigation system only by GPS receiver
2) Use small Para-foil designed for strong wind.
C-Boys Team’s can-sat could not be controlled very well against strong wind and had fallen at the
distance 3762[m] away from the goal at the 1st launch. However, we received GPS data and control
history.
But, unfortunately at the 2nd flight we had found our can-sat too late, so the memory had been
overwritten. Distance from goal is 4214[m].

C-Boys Team

Our can-sat”Goku”21) Participation-Style Outreach Programon Space Engineering Using CanSat
Takashi Eishima
University of Tokyo
7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
TEL: +81-3-5841-6608
eishima@space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
University of Tokyo started CanSat project in 1998. Since then, CanSat has been an excellent
practical education program on space engineering for university students. To expand this activity to
public, especially to younger students, we developed “CanSat-Kit” as an educational tool for
non-experts. CanSat-Kit is a high-function bus module enabling to add on original mission module
easily.
Using CanSat-Kit, we had a new style outreach program for senior high students in collaboration
with Waseda Prep School. Seventeen students from various senior high school participated in thisprogram. Students were divided into four teams and required to plan their original mission, develop
their own CanSats, do flight experiments using balloon, and finally report their experience at
CANSAT-Workshop.
Through this new participation-style outreach program, we intend to attract young enthusiastic
boys and girls to the field of space engineering.

22) An Activity of CanSat Project in Keio University
Yuta Nakajima, Yasuyuki Nanamori, Shota Tobimatsu, Naoko Matsubara, Junya Kitade,
MasatakaTanaka, Taichi Saguchi, Hiromasa Masuda, Yohsuke Tohma
Masaki Takahashi, Kazuo Yoshida
Keio University CanSat 2006 Team Wolve’Z
3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan
TEL/FAX: +81-045-563-1141
nakajima@yoshida.keio.sd.ac.jp
Our first challenge of CanSat activity started in 2006. We consist of 8 members from thedepartment of system design engineering, Keio University. While we had daily laboratory’s study,
we made time to develop an Open Class CanSat for Noshiro Comeback Competition in 2006.
We had to design all modules from scratch because that was our first year activity. Therefore, we
set our goals as learning how to develop and operate CanSat and how to develop a system by theapproach of system engineering, which gave us hands-on experience and project management skills.
Based on our concept of “simple and robust”, we improved the followings; 1) To get accurate flightrecords, we elaborated the format of record data and made redundancy by using ROM and Radio
communication, 2) To open a Para foil without fail and to fly towards the goal points, we tested toadjust our Para foil again and again.
We had worked together to achieve our goals and we won the competition. After that, we had achance to demonstrate our CanSat Project to introduce Japanese CanSat activity in the IAF
conference in Valencia, Spain as a representative of Japanese University. Our next interest is todevelop robust algorithm to control Para foils in a condition of strong wind. We keep on ourchallenging.
148mm
Para foil

Flight Path

Flight Path
Foot Print
Projection

168mm

Release Point
200

Motor

Y-Z plane

On Board Computer

1050g

（Z）

GPS

Height150

100

Flight Path

50

Circuit
Board

Battery

050

X-Y plane

RadioTransmitter

Landing Point

X-Z plane

ROM

50

0

0
-50

Digital Compass

Fig.1 System architecture of
Wolve’Z CanSat

North （Y）

-50

East （X）

06/08/19 1st Flight＠Noshiro in Japan

Fig.2 Flight path at Noshiro Competition23) Sanuki CanSat for STARS– in the Kagawa Satellite Development Project –Akira Andatsu
Kagawa University
2217-20, Hayashi-cho, Takamatsu, Kagawa 761-0396, Japan
TEL/FAX: +81-87-864-2335 (TEL), +81-87-864-2369 (FAX)
s06g452@ stmail.eng.kagawa-u.ac.jp
At Kagawa University, the CanSat development project “Sanuki CanSat” is positioned as ourtechnique acquirement for small satellite development project “STARS”. And also, CanSat
development project is one of the important milestone that the equipment test of the BBM (Bread
Board Model) assessment of STARS. “STARS” is small satellite that consists of mother satellite anddaughter satellite connected by tether, and launch scheduled in 2008.
In these years, Our CanSat succeeded the test of BBM assessment of C&DH subsystem andCommunication subsystem through the CanSat project.
In this Workshop, Our CanSat which joined Noshiro space event and ARLISS2006 will be
introduced the technique, the result, and so on. Especially, we picked up open class CanSat“MICAN”.