TY - GEN
T1 - Ikaros-ready for lift-off as the world's first solar sail demonstration in interplanetary space
AU - Kawaguchi, Jun'ichiro
AU - Mimasu, Yuya
AU - Mori, Osamu
AU - Ryu-Funase,
AU - Yamamoto, Takayuki
AU - Tsuda, Yuichi
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will make the world's first solar power sail craft demonstrate for both its photon propulsion and thin film solar power generation during its interplanetary cruise. The spacecraft deploys and spans its membrane of 20 meters in diameter taking the advantage of the spin centrifugal force. The spacecraft weighs approximately 315kg, launched together with the agency's Venus Climate Orbiter, PLANET-C in 2010. This will be the first actual solar sail flying an interplanetary voyage.
AB - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will make the world's first solar power sail craft demonstrate for both its photon propulsion and thin film solar power generation during its interplanetary cruise. The spacecraft deploys and spans its membrane of 20 meters in diameter taking the advantage of the spin centrifugal force. The spacecraft weighs approximately 315kg, launched together with the agency's Venus Climate Orbiter, PLANET-C in 2010. This will be the first actual solar sail flying an interplanetary voyage.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77953531331
SN - 9781615679089
T3 - 60th International Astronautical Congress 2009, IAC 2009
SP - 6852
EP - 6858
BT - 60th International Astronautical Congress 2009, IAC 2009
T2 - 60th International Astronautical Congress 2009, IAC 2009
Y2 - 12 October 2009 through 16 October 2009
ER -