IKAROS
IKAROS was JAXA's mission to demonstrate a large deployable solar sail, thin-film solar power generation, photon-pressure acceleration, and navigation by solar radiation during a Venus-transfer trajectory.
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Identity
- Aliases
- IKAROS missionSmall Solar Power Sail DemonstratorInterplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun
- Name
- IKAROS
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- IKAROS was JAXA's mission to demonstrate a large deployable solar sail, thin-film solar power generation, photon-pressure acceleration, and navigation by solar radiation during a Venus-transfer trajectory.
- Destination
- Venus transfer orbit
- End Date
- 2025-05-15
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- IKAROS deployed its sail, generated power through thin-film solar cells, demonstrated acceleration by sunlight and solar-sail navigation, passed near Venus in December 2010, and concluded operations after JAXA ended spacecraft tracking in May 2025.
- Start Date
- 2010-05-21
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sas/ikaros
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- Creation Time
- July 31, 2026 at 22:20:06 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 31, 2026 at 22:20:06 UTC
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