Planet-C “AKATSUKI” for the Exploration of Venus and its First Light Acquisition

Takeshi IMAMURA; Atsushi YAMAZAKI; Tetsuya FUKUHARA; Manabu YAMADA; Shoko OTSUKI; Takehiko SATO; Makoto SUZUKI

doi:10.11440/rssj.30.248

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Planet-C “AKATSUKI” for the Exploration of Venus and its First Light Acquisition

Takeshi IMAMURA, Atsushi YAMAZAKI, Tetsuya FUKUHARA, Manabu YAMADA, Shoko OTSUKI, Takehiko SATO, Makoto SUZUKI

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Keywords: AKATSUKI, Planet-C, Venus, Super Rotation

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2010 Volume 30 Issue 4 Pages 248-254

DOI https://doi.org/10.11440/rssj.30.248

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Planet-C, “AKATSUKI”, is the first Venus exploration program of ISAS/JAXA. AKATSUKI was successfully launched in May 21, 2010 from Tanegashima Space Center (TSC) in Japan by using Japanese H-IIA rocket. And it acquired the first light, the image of earth, 13 hours after the launch. This paper introduces, science objectives, spacecraft and instruments, launch and first light acquisition of AKATSUKI.

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