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AKATSUKI (PLANET-C) is the next planetary exploration project for the Martian orbiter NOZOMI. This project\u2019s main purpose is to elucidate the mysteries of the Venusian atmosphere.<\/p>\n
\u201cThough often referred to as Earth\u2019s sister planet in terms of size and mass, Venus is actually very different. It is veiled in carbon dioxide, with a high temperature and thick sulphuric-acid clouds,\u201d noted the mission overview.<\/p>\n
\u201cClarification of the causes for this environment will provide us with clues to the understanding of the birth of Earth and of its climate changes. Therefore, Venus is a very important subject for exploration.<\/p>\n
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The spacecraft has a mass of 500lbs and a life expectancy of 4.5 years, as it travels in an elliptical orbit, 300 to 80,000 km away from Venus\u2019s surface.<\/p>\nSpaceX launch tickets
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This wide variation in distance will enable comprehensive observations of the planet\u2019s meteorological phenomena and of its surface, as well as observations of the atmospheric particles escaping from Venus into space,\u201d added overview materials. \u201cIt will also be possible to take close-up photos of Venus, and to observe the storm winds that blow on the Venusian surface, at speeds that reach 100 m a second \u2013 60 times the speed at which Venus rotates.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis phenomenon remains the biggest mystery of Venus, as it cannot be explained meteorologically. AKATSUKI will employ infrared light to observe and elucidate the mysteries surrounding the atmosphere under the clouds and the conditions on the planet\u2019s surface. In addition, it will confirm the presence of active volcanoes and thunder.\u201d<\/p>\n
IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun) is a Solar Sail that gathers sunlight as propulsion by means of a large membrane. The IKAROS mission aims at verifying that a spacecraft can fly only by solar powered sail, and that thin film solar cells can generate power.<\/p>\n
The deployment is in two stages. The first stage is carried out quasi-statically by the onboard deployment mechanism on the side of the main body. The second stage is the dynamic deployment. As this deployment method does not require a strut such as a boom, it can contribute to making it lighter and thus can be applied for a larger membrane.<\/p>\n
Also flying as a secondary payload is UNITEC-1 \u2013 classed as the world\u2019s first deep space satellite via university development.<\/p>\n
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Other university payloads also make up the secondary payload manifest, with WASEDA-SAT2 \u2013 a QR code image shooting experiment, KSAT \u2013 observation experiments of atmospheric vapor distribution for predicting localized heavy rain, and Negai \u2013 Space verification of the advanced information processing system using commercial FPGA launching on Monday.<\/p>\nThe three satellites, WASEDA-SAT2, KSAT, and Negai have been installed on the JAXA Picosatellite Deployer (J-POD).<\/p>\n
The H-IIA F17, which will be launched from Launch Pad 1 of the Yoshinobu Launch Complex, will fly over the Pacific Ocean, then jettison its solid rocket boosters, the payload fairing, and the first stage.<\/p>\n
After the first-time combustion of the second stage engine is cut off, three small secondary payloads on the J-POD (WASEDA-SAT2, KSAT, and Negai) will be separated. After the second cutoff of the second stage engine, the AKATSUKI will be injected into the Venus transfer orbit.<\/p>\n
The H-IIA will continue its coast flight and separate the IKAROS and UNITEC-1 from the Payload Attach Fitting (PAF900M, the PAF primarily for the main payload, AKATSUKI.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Japanese Space Agency JAXA have launched the Venus Climate Orbiter \u201cAKATSUKI\u201d and the Small Solar Power Sail Demonstrator \u201cIKAROS\u201d \u2013 along with several university-developed secondary payloads \u2013 via their H-IIA Launch Vehicle. Launch from the Tanegashima Space Center (TNSC) on Thursday was originally scrubbed due to unacceptable weather earlier in the week. Overview: The H-IIA […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40775"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}