New Space Environment Utilization with Kibo Unique Exposed Facility

ISS R&D Conference 2016
JAXA/NASA Joint Workshop
Hiroki AKAGI, Engineer
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate
JEM Mission Operations and Integration Center
Maximizing the Outcome of the ISS and “Kibo”
New Space Environment Utilization
with Kibo Unique Exposed Facility

New Space Environment Utilization with Kibo Unique Exposed Facility
 About eight years have passed already after JAXA started the utilization of
the Japanese Experiment Module (Kibo, which means “hope” in Japanese)
in 2008.
 Today, its a harvest time for the value of the ISS and “ Kibo” utilization. It
should be changed to that JAXA and NASA increases utilization
collaboration to maximize the output/outcome from ISS/Kibo.
 JAXA’s utilization facility is available for NASA/US users under an
appropriate agreement between NASA and JAXA.
JAXA is looking forward to further collaboration in utilization as a part of
the new JP-US collaboration framework (OP3).
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Japan-U.S. new cooperation framework
- Japan-U.S. Open Platform Partnership Program (JO-US OP3)-
 On December 22, 2015, the Japanese and U.S. governments agreed on a new
cooperation framework for the International Space Station (ISS) Program.
 Outline of JP-US OP3:
• Development of a new initiative for the operation of the ISS enhancing Japan-
U.S. cooperation
• Increased cooperation with developing spacefaring countries in the Asia-Pacific
region, possibly through utilization of ISS resources.
• Promotion of new uses for th ISS:
(a) As a platform for technology demonstration, such as support of a
Japansese technology demonstration to capture a non-functional
space object.
(b)Utilization of operational opportunities of the H-II Transfer Vehicle(HTV)
and HTV-X.
• Promotion of utilization of effective and efficient space-related technologies.
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Unique Capability of Kibo – Exposed Facility
New Space Environment Utilization
with Kibo Unique Exposed Facility

 Kibo has a unique Exposed Facility (EF) with an Airlock (AL) and a
Remote Manipulator System (JEMRMS), and has a high capacity to
exchange experimental equipment.
 JAXA is promoting various functional missions to maximize the Kibo
utilization outcome as follows:
• Standard-class (500kg) EF mission
• Material exposure mission (ExHAM)
(2cm x10cm x 10cm or 20cm/plate, total 20 sample plates)
• Small satellite deployment mission (J-SSOD)
(CubeSat (1U-3U) and Microsat (50kg))
• Medium-class (200kg) EF mission (i-SEEP)
 These various missions are enabled only by Kibo because it has an
independent EF with AL and JEMRMS.
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ExHAM:
Material Exposure Mission
Standard-class
EF Mission:CALET(JAXA)
Air Lock
i-SEEP:
Medium-class
EF Misson
J-SSOD: Small satellite
deployment
JEMRMS
Standard-class
EF Mission:HREP(NASA)
Standard-class EF
Mission:SEDA-AP (JAXA)

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“Kibo” is Unique! – Exposed Facility
Standard-class (500kg) EF mission
 The experiments to be operated on Kibo’s Exposed Facility (EF) will be
integrated into the standard EF payload whose size is 0.8m x 1.0m x 1.85m with
a weight less than 500kg.
 The EF can accommodate up to 10 JEM EF payloads.
 The EF will supply electrical power, coolant fluid, and communications to those
payloads.

Science Research enabled by “Kibo”
Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI)
 Launched by STS-127 in July 2009.
 MAXI monitors the X-ray variability once every 96 minutes for more than 1,000
X-ray sources covering the entire sky on time scales from a day to a few months.
 The Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) investigation is designed to
continuously monitor, through a systematic survey, X-ray sources and
variabilities as the International Space Station (ISS) orbits Earth.
 Besides the goal of performing a complete sky survey in the early 21st century,
MAXI finds an X-ray nova and informs it promptly to all over the world.
 This research helps to address fundamental astrophysics questions and allows
researchers to better understand the current state and evolution of our Universe.
MAXI(Flight Model) 7
GSC+SSC Image
Accumulated in 2010-2013

Science Research enabled by “Kibo”
Clarify space mysteries using CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET)
 Launched by H-IIB/HTV5 in August 2015.
 International collaboration with U.S. and Italy to shed light on the following
space mysteries.
1) Origin and acceleration mechanism of high-energy cosmic rays
2) Diffusion mechanism of cosmic rays within the Milky Way
3) Dark matter signature
 CALET observation data will be available for worldwide use in 2 years
and all researchers are free to use this valuable observation data.
Electrons (candidates) event image
An Electron in the Tera electron
Volt(TeV) region observed on Oct. 14,
2015.
CALET(Flight Model)
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Standard-class
i-SEEP:
Medium-class
EF Misson
deployment
JEMRMS
Standard-class
Standard-class EF
ExHAM:
Air Lock
“Kibo” is Unique! – JEMRMS’s Work on the ISS/Kibo

Material exposure mission (ExHAM)
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Experiment Sample
10cm
20cm
□ExHAM
Attachable Position
10cm
（t = 2mm）
ExHAM Overview
ExHAM has the area for 20 units.
ExHAM #1 ExHAM#2
2 Unit Size 1 Unit Size
Small Device to Open the Door to the Frontier
Exposed Experiment Handrail Attachment Mechanism (ExHAM)
ExHAM provides easier and more frequent opportunities for small sized experiments.

1)Launch 2)Installation to ExHAM
4)Exposure Experiment
for a few month
or a few years
Airlock
ExHAM
Airlock Table
Mission
Samples H-IIB
3)Installation
to Handhold
by JEMRMS
6)Return to
the ground
7)Analysis5)Retrieval into Kibo
pressurized section
HTV
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Scenario for ExHAM Mission

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Space Environment Exposure Test
Functional Thin Film Devices for Future Solar Sail Mission (Solar Sail)
IKAROS -World’s First Solar Power Sail (2010)
Future Solar Power
Sail Mission
Thin-film Solar Cell
Reflectivity Control Device
Reinforcing Tape
Solar Power Sail
A novel spacecraft with hybrid propulsion of large-area
solar sail and electric propulsion driven by thin-film solar
cells on the sail.
ExHAM
ISS/JEM
Sample
Exposure Test
Compare the data of IKAROS with
a sample exposure & return
experiment
Contribute to the design
of future space missions

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Space Environment Exposure Test
Lightweight and High-Precision Carbon Composite Mirrors (CFRP Mirror)
Future Solar Power
Sail Mission
Reflectivity Control Device
Reinforcing Tape
Carbon Composite Mirror
Lightweight and high-precision CFRP replicated mirrors will contribute to
development of the antennas and telescopes of next generation‘s astronomical
and earth observation satellites. Most importantly, carbon fiber composites can
be designed with near zero CTE(Coefficient of thermal expansion).
ExHAM
ISS/JEM
Sample
Exposure Test
Compare the data of ground
environmental tests with a sample
exposure & return experiment
Contribute to the lightweight and high-
precision design of future space telescopes
and antenna
Four type of carbon composite mirrors:
1) Aluminum vapor deposition surface
type
2) Aluminum vapor deposition surface
with four-divided combination
3) Aluminum adhesion surface type
4) Aluminum thermal spraying surface
type
Carbon Composite Mirror
(Sample)
Future Mission :
Submillimeter-wave
atmospheric emission sounder
for the future Japanese mars
exploration orbiter

ExHAM:
Standard-class
i-SEEP:
Medium-class
EF Misson
JEMRMS
Standard-class
Standard-class EF
Air Lock
deployment

Main Satellite
Piggy-back Payload ©JAXA
Launch Opportunities for Micro/Nano-satellite
In recent years, the number of universities and companies, which develop the Micro/Nano-
satellite (under 100kg, mainly CubeSat), is on the increase all over the world.
In the beginning of the Micro/Nano-satellite
history,
・The method to transport the satellite in the orbit was
a piggy-back payload by launch vehicles.
・the opportunity was limited because of the main
satellite launch schedule.
Micro/Nano-satellite
= short-term and low-cost development + possibility for various missions
Mission example;
Earth observation, Satellite constellations, Technical demonstration, and, planetary exploration
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Small satellite deployment mission (J-SSOD)

Air Lock
JEMRMS
(JEM-Remote Manipulator System)
JAXA developed the unique system “J-SSOD”
(JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer)
to deploy the satellite and inject the orbit from Kibo.
Kibo’s unique function:
JEM AL (JEM Airlock) and
JEMRMS (JEM-Remote Manipulator System)

In 2012,
the first satellites were deployed from Kibo:
this has opened up
new capabilities for ISS/Kibo utilization
and new possibilities of the Micro/Nano-satellite.
It is able to operate the satellite deployer using Kibo, both airlock and robotic arm, is
not only J-SSOD but also NRCSD and Cyclops.
NRCSD(NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer)
Cyclops (SSIKLOPS, Space Station Integrated Kinetic Launcher for Orbital Payload Systems)
More than 100 satellites have deployed from Kibo and the deployment system has been attracting global
attention as being a new space transportation system for the satellite.
1st J-SSOD Mission,
WE WISH[1U], RAIKO[2U]
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JEMRMS
J-SSOD ©JAXA/NASA
Deployed Satellite
©JAXA/NASA
JAXA provides opportunities for launching small satellites with the purposes：
(a) To contribute for easy and fast launch and operation of small satellites by private
enterprises and universities, expanding the application of the space development
and capacity building.
(b) To promote a new industry with space development by using the small satellites.
(c) To improve the developing countries space technology
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International Contribution
- opportunities while bearing the expenses –
 JAXA encourage international applicants to collaborate with Japanese
universities orprivate enterprises.
(CubeSat (1U-3U) and Microsat (50 kg))
 To date, 139 satellites were deployed from Kibo and JAXA is promoting
more deployment opportunities.

SERPENS Launch and Deploy:2015
Investigator:
University of Brasilia (Brazil)
Agência Espacial Brasileira(AEB)
Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation
Size:3U

JAXA’s First Mission for 50kg Microsat
Diwata-1 Launch and Deploy:2016
Investigator:
University of the Philippines(Philippine)
Department of Science and Technology(DOST)
Tohoku University/Hokkaido University
Size: Micro-Satellite(55cm ×35cm ×55cm)

New Opportunities through UNOOSA-JAXA Cooperation
KiboCUBE – Small Satellite Deployment from Kibo
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KiboCUBE
Collaboration between UNOOSA and JAXA to offer small satellite deployment
opportunities from Kibo in order to facilitate improved space technologies in
developing countries. (CubeSat (1U)/ once a year from 2017-2019)

JAXA will provide the new system for more opportunities for launching small satellites.
Micro-Satellite Deployer(~50kg) J-SSOD Upgrade Deployer (3U×6 : up to 18U)
Mission Completed
Apr 27/2016
J-SSOD Upgrade Plan for Maximizing the Outcome of the ISS/Kibo
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ExHAM:
Standard-class
deployment
JEMRMS
Standard-class
Standard-class EF
Air Lock
i-SEEP:
Medium-class
EF Misson

Medium-class (200kg) EF mission (i-SEEP)
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IVA Resuppliable Small Exposed Experiment Platform(i-SEEP)
 i-SEEP is an exposed payload to support exchangeable experiment system by supplying
electrical power, Ethernet communication and removal of heat.
 The experiment equipments are launced by cargo and exchanged in JEM-PM by IVA.
 i-SEEP is transferred to outer space by JEM Airlock after experiment equipments are attached,
and moved and attached to JEM-Exposed Facility by JEMRMS.
 i-SEEP is returned to inside of JEM-PM in reverse operation of i-SEEP attachment to EF,
experiment equipments are exchanged by IVA, and attached to EF in same operation with above.
Attach on the Exposed Facility
New
Easier technology verification and Earth and Astronomical observations

Medium-class (200kg) EF mission (i-SEEP)
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IVA Resuppliable Small Exposed Experiment Platform(i-SEEP)
Easier technology verification and Earth and Astronomical observations
Size 900 (W)×591 (H)×394mm (D)
Mass Less than 200kg
Number of Experiment
Equipment
Max 2 Experiment Equipments
Power 28Vdc、less than 200W×2ch
Communication and
Data Handling
(C&DH)
•EthernetⅡ or IEEE802.3×2ch
•MIL-STD-1553B
•USB
Active Thermal
Control System
(ATCS)
ATCS is the cooling system by the
coolant (Fluorinert liquid FC-72flown by
pressure difference between JEM-EF
supply line and return line.
Cold Plate
Payload I/F Unit(PIU)
Experiment Equipment I/F Plate
New

Conclusion
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 Kibo has a unique Exposed Facility (EF) with an Airlock (AL) and a Remote
Manipulator System (JEMRMS), and has a high capacity to exchange
experimental equipment.
 JAXA has performed world-class experiments on Kibo, utilizing the exposed
space environment.
 Kibo utilization has evolved through the promotion of many experiment
opportunities and unique technologies.
 JAXA, through the EF Payload Mission, hopes to contribute to the expanded
utilization of outer space along with developing countries.
 JAXA’s utilization facility is available for NASA/US users under an appropriate
agreement between NASA and JAXA. JAXA is looking forward to further
collaboration in utilization as a part of the new JP-US collaboration framework
(OP3). If you are interested in this activity, please contact Ms. Marybeth
Edeen, ISS Research Integration Office Manager, NASA,
at jsc-iss-research-helpline@mail.nasa.gov

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