RIKEN Baton Zone Program Satellite Orbital State Control Laser Laboratory
Team Leader: Tadanori_Fukushima (M.A.E./M.S.A.E.)
Deputy Team Leader: Takayo Ogawa (Ph.D.)
Research Summary
The increasing number of nonfunctional satellites and other space debris in space is an important issue worldwide. In order to solve this problem, this team will develop a laser ablation subsystem onboard a satellite that can remove nonfunctional satellites by stopping rotation and moving them without contact from a distance using the thrust generated by pulsed laser ablation (a phenomenon in which materials are ejected from the surface by plasma or vaporization when materials are irradiated with high-energy laser beams).
[Integrated Collaborative Research with SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation.]
Main Research Fields
- Engineering
Keywords
- space
- laser
- space debris
- ablation
- propulsion
Selected Publications
Papers with an asterisk(*) are based on research conducted outside of RIKEN.
- 1.
Katsuhiko Tsuno, Satoshi Wada, Takayo Ogawa, Toshikazu Ebisuzaki, Tadanori Fukushima, Daisuke Hirata, Jun Yamada, and Yuki Itaya.:
"Impulse measurement of laser induced ablation in a vacuum"
Optics Express. Vol. 28, Issue 18, pp. 25723-25729 (2020)
Related Links
- SKY Perfect JSAT press release Jun 11, 2020
Designing and Developing the World's First Satellite for Removing Space Debris with a Laser Aiming to Maintain a Sustainable Space Environment and Lead the Space SDGs - Laser Solutions for Space and the Earth 2020, Apr 23, 2020
Impulse Measurement of Laser Induced Ablation in Vacuum
*Katsuhiko Tsuno1, Satoshi Wada1, Takayo Ogawa1, Tadanori Fukushima2, Daisuke Hirata2, Jun Yamada2, Yuki Itaya2.(1.RIKEN 2. SKY Perfect JSAT) - Laser Solutions for Space and the Earth 2020, Apr 23, 2020
Removal of non-functional spacecraft by satellite-mounted laser
Tadanori Fukushima1, Daisuke Hirata1, Jun Yamada1, Yuki Itaya1, Takayo Ogawa2, Katsuhiko Tsuno2, Satoshi Wada2, Toshikazu Ebisuzaki2, Hiroshi Ueno3, Takashi Hiramatsu3, Akihiro Sasoh4, Yusuke Nakamura4, Toshiya Hanada5, Yuri Matsushita5.(1. SKY Perfect JSAT Co., Ltd. 2.RIKEN 3. JAXA 4. Nagoya University 5.Kyushu University) - Laser Solutions for Space and the Earth 2021, Apr 20, 2021
End-of-Life Deorbit Service with a Pulsed Laser Onboard a Small Satellite (Conference Program)
Tadanori Fukushima1,2, Daisuke Hirata1,2, Kazuma Adachi1,2, Yuki Itaya1,2, Jun Yamada1 , Katsuhiko Tsuno2 , Takayo Ogawa2 , Satoshi Wada2 , Toshikazu Ebisuzaki2 (1. SKY Perfect JSAT, 2. RIKEN) - 8th European Conference on Space Debris (virtual), Apr 20-23, 2021/Darmstadt, Germany.
End-of-Life Deorbit Service with a Pulsed Laser Onboard a Small Satellite
Tadanori Fukushima, Daisuke Hirata, Kazuma Adachi, Yuki Itaya, Jun Yamada, Katsuhiko Tsuno, Takayo Ogawa, Norihito Saito, Michio Sakashita, Satoshi Wada, Toshikazu Ebisuzaki. (SKY Perfect JSAT, RIKEN)
Lab Members
Principal investigator
- Tadanori Fukushima
- Team Leader
Core members
- Takayo Ogawa
- Deputy Team Leader
- Toshikazu Ebisuzaki
- Senior Scientist
- Marco Casolino
- Research Scientist
- Masayuki Maruyama
- Research Scientist
- Katsuhiko Tsuno
- Technical Staff I
- Yoshiharu Kawai
- Technical Staff I
- Yuki Itaya
- Visiting Scientist
Contact Information
W416 Cooperation Center
2-1, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
Email: tadanori.fukushima [at] riken.jp