Experimental Search for the HAYABUSA Re-Entry Module on the Ground by Using a Remote-Sensing Instrument onboard Formosat-2 Satellite

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

Matsuoka, Masashi²  Yano, Hajime³  Kamei, Akihide²  Nakamura, Kazuki²  Chen, Bo⁴  Yamamoto, Hirokazu²  Nakamura, Ryosuke¹ 

[1] National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568;National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568 , , ,;Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences and JAXA Space Exploration Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara 252-5210;National Space Organization, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan, ROC

关键词: asteroids;    satellites;    "space vehicles: individual (HAYABUSA)";    "space vehicles: sample return";    "techniques: high angular resolution";   

DOI  :  10.1093/pasj/63.5.995

学科分类：天文学(综合)

来源: Oxford University Press

【 摘 要 】

HAYABUSAwasthefirstasteroidsamplereturnmissionlaunchedfromUchinoura,Japanin2003.Thesamplecapsulere-enteredtheEarth'satmosphereatapproximately13:50(UT)on2010June13th,andsafelylandedontheWoomeraProhibitedArea(WPA)inAustralia.Thecapsulehadtobefoundandretrievedassoonaspossibletoreduceanycontaminationrisk.OnthemorningoftheJune13thand14th,thelandingareawasimagedbyusingRemoteSensingInstrument(RSI)onboardtheFormosat-2satellitetolocatetheHAYABUSAre-entrymodule,consistingofacapsuleandaparachute.Inspiteofanaccurategeometricregistrationandradiancecomparisonoftheimagepair,nostatisticallysignificantradiancevariationwasfoundonthelandingsite.Itwasdemonstratedthroughthisexperiment,however,thatsatelliteimagerycouldbeapromisingbackuptoolforthepromptdiscoveryandretrievalofthesamplingcapsuleoftheHAYABUSAfollow-onmissionifwecanutilizespace-borneimagerswithsub-meterspatialresolutionandshortrevisitcapability.

【 授权许可】

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