ETS-VII Hikoboshi rendezvous and robotics chaser
Hikoboshi was the chaser in NASDA's ETS-VII rendezvous and robotics system. It combined autonomous and remotely commanded rendezvous and docking with a satellite-mounted robotic arm and experiment platform. Ground teams used the spacecraft to investigate manipulation, coordinated spacecraft-arm control, and servicing-related operations through relay-satellite communications.
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Identity
- Aliases
- HikoboshiETS-VII chaserKiku-7 chaser
- Family Name
- ETS-VII
- Full Name
- ETS-VII Hikoboshi rendezvous and robotics chaser
- Roles
- technology_demonstratorservicing
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
- Variant Name
- Hikoboshi chaser
Details
- Description
- Hikoboshi was the chaser in NASDA's ETS-VII rendezvous and robotics system. It combined autonomous and remotely commanded rendezvous and docking with a satellite-mounted robotic arm and experiment platform. Ground teams used the spacecraft to investigate manipulation, coordinated spacecraft-arm control, and servicing-related operations through relay-satellite communications.
- First Flight Year
- 1,997
Links
- Official Url
- https://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/ets7/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- October 29, 2026 at 15:30:17 UTC
- Updated Time
- October 29, 2026 at 15:30:17 UTC