Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Venus probe. This reconstructed record groups 5 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 2010-020; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 20 May 2010, 21:58:22 UTC
- Launch location
- Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon
- Launch vehicle
- H-IIA 202
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · April 2024
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
AKATSUKI (PLANET-C)
Venus probe.
- GCAT ID
- S36576
- Manufacturer
- ISAS/JAXA
- Launch mass
- 647 kg
- Propulsion
- AOCS
- Dimensions
- 1.5 m long · 1 m diameter · 5 m span
IKAROS
Solar sail; in hibernation.
- GCAT ID
- S36577
- Manufacturer
- Ucyu Koku Kenkyu Kaihatsu Kikou
- Launch mass
- 315 kg
- Dimensions
- 1 m long · 1.6 m diameter · 20 m span
UNITEC-1
Develop space probe tech.
- GCAT ID
- S36578
- Manufacturer
- University Space Engineering Consortium
- Launch mass
- 26 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.4 m long · 0.4 m diameter · 0.4 m span
DCAM-2
GCAT program: JAXA PlanSS.
- GCAT ID
- A07751
- Manufacturer
- Ucyu Koku Kenkyu Kaihatsu Kikou
- Launch mass
- 1 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.1 m long · 0.1 m diameter · 0.1 m span
DCAM-1
GCAT program: JAXA PLanSS.
- GCAT ID
- A07753
- Manufacturer
- Ucyu Koku Kenkyu Kaihatsu Kikou
- Launch mass
- 1 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.1 m long · 0.1 m diameter · 0.1 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from AKATSUKI (PLANET-C).
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