IKAROS is an experimental spacecraft built by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. It launched on 20 May 2010 aboard an H-IIA rocket alongside the Akatsuki probe and four smaller spacecraft, and became the first spacecraft to successfully demonstrate solar sail technology in interplanetary space. Its name alludes to the mythological Icarus, who flew too close to the Sun on wings of feathers and wax. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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1. IKAROS (Wikipedia)
2. Wikidata: IKAROS
Wikidata Q609059, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Wikipedia: IKAROS
- In Group: Solar and Heliophysics Probes, IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun) is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) experimental spacecraft. The spacecraft was launched on 20 May 2010, aboard a
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IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun) is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) experimental spacecraft.
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