IKAROS
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| Launch date | May 21, 2010 |
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| Max speed | 1,440 km/h |
| Cost | 16 million USD |
| Rocket | H-IIA |
| Manufacturers | NEC Toshiba Space Systems, Ltd. |
| Launch sites | Tanegashima Space Center |
| Yoshinobu Launch Complex | |
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| ID | 2073776 |
About IKAROS
IKAROS is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 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.
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