IKAROS solar power sail demonstrator spacecraft
IKAROS was JAXA's interplanetary solar-power-sail demonstrator, combining a deployable thin-film sail with solar-pressure propulsion and power generation to validate sail deployment, acceleration, and navigation technologies.
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Identity
- Aliases
- IKAROSInterplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the SunSmall Solar Power Sail DemonstratorSmall Solar Power Sail Demonstrator IKAROS
- Family Name
- IKAROS
- Full Name
- IKAROS solar power sail demonstrator spacecraft
- Roles
- interplanetary_probetechnology_demonstrator
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- IKAROS was JAXA's interplanetary solar-power-sail demonstrator, combining a deployable thin-film sail with solar-pressure propulsion and power generation to validate sail deployment, acceleration, and navigation technologies.
- First Flight Year
- 2,010
- Last Flight Year
- 2,025
- Operator
- Spacecraft Specs
- Launch Mass Kg
- 310
- Reusability
- expendable
Links
- Official Url
- https://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sas/ikaros
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 31, 2026 at 22:19:58 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 31, 2026 at 22:19:58 UTC
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