IKAROS

IKAROS is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) experimental spacecraft. The spacecraft was launched on 20 May 2010, aboard an H-IIA rocket, together with the Akatsuki probe and four other small spacecraft. IKAROS is the first spacecraft to successfully demonstrate solar sail technology in interplanetary space. The craft's name is an allusion to the legendary Icarus, who flew close to the Sun on wings made of bird-feathers and wax.

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Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun; Small Scale Solar Powered Sail Demonstration Satellite
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JAXA ISAS's exploration "IKAROS" press conference.

H-IIA F17 launching AKATSUKI

H-IIA F17 launching AKATSUKI ITN

IKAROS IAC 2010

Depiction of IKAROS space-probe with solar sail in flight

Sail of JAXA ISAS's spacecraft IKAROS.

Cameras for space missions, at Museum of Science, TUS

Flight status of IKAROS deep space solar sail demonstrator^@ scientific article published in 'Acta Astronautica' in November 2011

Type	Subtype	Description	Source

incident	incident	[[1]]	Wikidata
commons	image	JAXA ISAS's exploration "IKAROS" press conference.	Commons
commons	image	JAXA ISAS's exploration "IKAROS" press conference.	Commons
commons	image	H-IIA F17 launching AKATSUKI	Commons
commons	image	H-IIA F17 launching AKATSUKI ITN	Commons
commons	image	IKAROS IAC 2010	Commons
commons	image	Depiction of IKAROS space-probe with solar sail in flight	Commons
commons	image	Depiction of IKAROS space-probe with solar sail in flight	Commons
commons	image	Sail of JAXA ISAS's spacecraft IKAROS.	Commons
commons	image	Cameras for space missions, at Museum of Science, TUS	Commons
commons	image	Cameras for space missions, at Museum of Science, TUS	Commons

IKAROS

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