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SNAP-1 is a British nanosatellite orbiting in Low Earth Orbit.〔C Underwood, G Richardson, J Savignol, ("In-orbit results from the SNAP-1 nanosatellite and its future potential" ), Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society, 2003〕〔P Fortescue, J Stark, G Swinerd, "Spacecraft Systems Engineering", Third Edition, Wiley - Section 18.7, pages 597-599〕 The satellite was built at the Surrey Space Centre by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and members of the University of Surrey. It was launched on 28 June 2000 on board a Kosmos-3M rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.〔("SSTL satellites launched on board Cosmos 3M booster" ), Flight International 4–10 July 2000, page 22〕 It shared the launch with a Russian Nadezhda search and relay spacecraft and the Chinese Tsinghua-1 microsatellite. ==Mission== The objectives of the SNAP-1 mission were to:〔 * Develop and prove a modular Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) based nanosatellite bus. * Evaluate new manufacturing techniques and technologies. * Image the Tsinghua-1 microsatellite during its deployment (timed to occur a few seconds after the deployment of SNAP-1). * Demonstrate the systems required for future nanosatellite constellations. For example: three-axis attitude control, Global Positioning System (GPS) based orbit determination, and orbital manoeuvres. * Depending on propellant availability, rendezvous with Tsinghua-1 and demonstrate formation flying. During deployment, SNAP-1 successfully imaged the Nadezhda and Tsinghua-1 satellites that accompanied it on the launch.〔R Lancaster, ("An optical remote inspection system for the Surrey Nanosatellite Applications Program" ), University of Surrey MSc thesis, 2001〕〔R Lancaster, C Underwood, ("The SNAP-1 Machine Vision System" ), 14th AIAA / USU Conference on Small Satellites, 2000〕〔("SpaceFlight News" ), Flight International 17–23 October 2000, page 33〕 Once in orbit, SNAP-1 achieved three axis attitude control,〔W H Steyn, Y Hashida, ("In-Orbit Attitude Performance of the 3-Axis Stabilised SNAP-1 Nanosatellite" ), 15th AIAA / USU Conference on Small Satellites, 2001〕 then demonstrated its orbital maintenance capability using its butane cold gas propulsion system.〔D Gibbon, C Underwood, ("Low Cost Butane Propulsion Systems for Small Spacecraft" ), 15th AIAA / USU Conference on Small Satellites, 2001〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SNAP-1」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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