抄録
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.
