Akatsuki
Partial
MAY 20201021:58:22 UTCWaseda-SAT2 never contacted ground, Hayato affected by communications problems, contact lost with Shin'en on 21 May, unclear if data has been received since. DCAM spacecraft deployed from IKAROS and used to observe deployment of the solar sail. Akatsuki malfunctioned during Cytherocentric orbit insertion, and failed to enter orbit. It managed to orbit around Venus five years later.
LIFTOFF
MAY 20 201021:58:22 UTC
Partial
launched from LA-Y / 1 Tanegashima
aboard H2A 202 into Heliocentric
Payloads · 8
- 01
IKAROS
Solar sail
- 02
Waseda-SAT2
Earth observation
- 03
Akatsuki (Planet-C)
Venus orbiter
- 04
Hayato (K-Sat)
Earth observation
- 05
Negai''
Technology demonstration
- 06
Shin'en (UNITEC-1)
Technology demonstration
- 07
DCAM-1
Technology demonstration
- 08
DCAM-2
Technology demonstration