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IKAROS

Uncrewed Japanese experimental solar sail space probe. IKAROS 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 2010-020ENORAD 36577Japan

Identity

Name in GCAT: Ikaros
Common name: IKAROS
International designator: 2010-020E
NORAD catalog number: 36577
GCAT identifier: S36577
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/604

Mission

Mission type: Technology, Deep space
Use: Civil government
Program: JAXA Plan
Owner: JAXA
Country: Japan
Builder: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Platform (bus): Ikaros

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: May 21, 2015
End of operations: May 21, 2015

Size

Mass: 315 kg
Dry mass: 315 kg
Length: 1.0 m
Diameter: 1.60 m
Span: 20.0 m

Deep space

Deep-space catalog entry: D00892
Final central body: Venus
Phase start: December 5, 2010
Phase outcome: Flyby · December 12, 2010
Destination: HCO

Flight phases

From	Central body	Ended	Outcome	Next
May 21, 2010	Earth	May 24, 2010	Escaped to another body	HCO

Launched together

HayatoOptical imaging · Kagoshima U Waseda-SAT2Optical imaging · Waseda U Negai ☆"Optical imaging · Soka U AkatsukiDeep space · JAXA Shin'enTechnology · UNISEC

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q609059 (CC0).