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Development Status of Centrifuge Rotor
Technical Paper
1999-01-1942
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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English
Abstract
The Centrifuge Rotor (CR), scheduled to be launched in 2003, provides an artificial gravitational environment for biological specimens housed in habitats on the International Space Station (ISS). The resource supply and video/data exchange with habitats during rotation and the suppression of disturbance forces to both the ISS microgravity racks and CR internal habitats are very challenging key technologies. This paper presents the CR development status and CR system outline including system requirements, configuration and the development plan to develop the key technologies.
Authors
- Fumio Otsuki - National Space Development Agency of Japan
- Kenji Nozaki - National Space Development Agency of Japan
- Yasuhiro Nakamura - National Space Development Agency of Japan
- Yoshio Kuriyama - Toshiba Corporation
- Koichi Ohtomi - Toshiba Corporation
- Yasuo Kurita - Toshiba Corporation
- Junichi Kato - Toshiba Corporation