Category:IKAROS

**IKAROS**
	uncrewed Japanese experimental solar sail space probe
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Instance of	space probe; technology demonstration spacecraft;
Made from material	aluminium; carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer; SAE 304 stainless steel; polyimide;
Country of origin	Japan;
Operator	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency;
Start point	Yoshinobu Launch Complex Launch Pad 1;
Destination point	Venus;
Manufacturer	NEC Space Technologies;
Space launch vehicle	H-IIA (H-IIA-17);
UTC date of spacecraft launch	20 May 2010 (21:58:22);
Type of orbit	heliocentric orbit;
Developer	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency;
Significant event	design (end of, 2007); rocket launch (2010, Yoshinobu Launch Complex Launch Pad 1); flyby (Venus, 80,800 kilometre, 2010); loss of signal (2015);
Powered by	solar sail (spacecraft propulsion); spacecraft solar array (electric power source);
Mass	308 kg (launch weight);
Width	14 m (solar sail);
Diameter	1.6 m;
Length	14 m (solar sail);
Height	0.9 m;
Duration	1,826 d;
Capital cost	1,300,000 United States dollar (2010);
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English: IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun) is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) experimental spacecraft.

日本語: IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun) は宇宙航空研究開発機構 (JAXA) の太陽帆実験宇宙機である。