About Our Group
In Funaki Laboratory, a variety of advanced spacecraft propulsion concepts and related fields are studied for future deep space missions:
-Solar wind sail (Magnetic sail, Magnetoplasma sail)
-Magnetoplasmadynamic arcjet
-Helicon thruster
-High performance ion thruster
-Laser propulsion
-Micro-thruster system (laser, cold jet, and FEEP) development for a drag-free mission
-Mission planning and system development for rapid solar system exploration, solar system escape,
and so on
-New energy system for deep space exploration
-Drag-free system development for DECEGO mission (Japanese gravitational detection mission)
Notice
- Apr. 7, 2017 Member&Alumni is updated.
- 【conf.】July 25 - 27, 2016 2 papers will be presented at 52nd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference by Karadag, Funaki.
- 【conf.】July 28 - 30, 2014 7 papers are presented at 50th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference by Oshio, Funaki and others.
- Aug. 18, 2014 Publication 2014 is updated.
- June 24, 2014 Member&Alumni is updated.
- May 14, 2014 Publication 2014 is updated.
- Apr. 11, 2014 Member&Alumni is updated.
- 【conf.】Mar. 31, 2014 2 papers are presented at MPS Symposium.
- 【conf.】Mar. 5-8, 2014 3 papers are presented at Asian Joint Conference on Propulsion and Power 2014 .
- 【conf.】Jan. 16-17, 2014 3 papers are presented at Space Transportation Symposium by Oshio, Horie, Tonooka and Funaki.
- 【conf.】Jan. 16-17, 2014 3 papers are presented at Space Science Symposium by Higasiura and Funaki.
- 【conf.】Jan. 16-17, 2014 3 papers are presented at Space Science Symposium by Higasiura and Funaki.
- 【conf.】Oct. 6-10, 2013 3 papers are presented at 33rd International Electric Propulsion Conference (IEPC) by Oshio, Miyazaki and Tonooka.
- Sep. 9, 2013 Publication and Member & Alumni are updated.
- Aug. 28,2013 Member & Alumni is updated.
- 【conf.】Sept. 2-9, 2013 5 papers are presented atAsia-Pacific Radio Science Conference (AP-RASC2013)at Taipei, Taiwan by Funaki, Watanabe, and collaborators.
- Aug. 9,2013 Publication is updated.
- 【conf.】June 2-9, 2013 29th ISTS (International Symposium on Space Technology and Science)
- May. 24, 2013 Publication is updated.
- Jun. 10, 2013 Publication and Link are updated.
- Dec. 25, 2012 Publication is updated.
- 【conf.】Nov. 20-22, 2012 56th Conference on Space Science and Technology
- 【conf.】Nov. 19-22, 2012 22nd International Toki Conference
- Jun. 7, 2012 Publication is updated.
- May 23, 2012 English web page is opened.