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Akatsuki
Defunct Venus orbiter operated by JAXA. Akatsuki was launched on May 20, 2010 aboard a H-IIA 202 from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (May 21, 2010).
COSPAR 2010-020DNORAD 36576Japan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Akatsuki
- Payload designation
- PLANET-C
- International designator
- 2010-020D
- NORAD catalog number
- 36576
- GCAT identifier
- S36576
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/604
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ISAS Planet
- Owner
- JAXA
- Country
- Japan
- Builder
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Sci
- Platform (bus)
- Planet-C
Launch
- Date
- May 20, 2010 · 21:58 UTC
- Launch record
- 2010-020Success
- Rocket
- H-IIA 202
- Spaceport
- Tanegashima · pad Y
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- EEO
- Perigee
- 298 km
- Inclination
- 31.47°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- May 21, 2010
- Last known active
- Dec 7, 2022
- End of operations
- April 2024
Size
- Mass
- 647 kg
- Dry mass
- 327 kg
- Length
- 1.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.00 m
- Span
- 5.0 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00891
- Final central body
- Venus
- Phase start
- December 3, 2010
- Phase outcome
- Flyby · December 10, 2010
- Destination
- HCO
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2010 | Earth | May 24, 2010 | Escaped to another body | HCO |
| Dec 1, 2015 | Venus | Dec 7, 2015 | Entered orbit around the target | Venus |
| Dec 7, 2015 | Venus | — | In orbit | — |
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q416448 (CC0).