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Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun (IKAROS) is a project of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to test fly a 20-m solar sail with integrated thin-film photovoltaics as a secondary payload of their Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI" (PLANET-C) mission, planned for launch on May 18, 2010. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

Links

• JAXA IKAROS Project
• Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI" countdown page
• JAXA IKAROS press release (in Japanese)
• Crunch Gear article
• 27th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science program
• Spaceflight Now: Two solar sailing trials readied for launch next year

References

1. Mori, Osamu and Sawada, Hirotaka and Funase, Ryu and Morimoto, Mutsuko and Endo, Tatsuya and Yamamoto, Takayuki and Tsuda, Yuichi and Kawakatsu, Yasuhiro and Kawaguchi, Jun'ichiro. First Solar Power Sail Demonstration by IKAROS. 27th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, July 5-10 2009, Tsukuba, Japan , 2009. BibTeX [Morietal2009]
2. Sakamoto, Hiraku and Miyazaki, Yasuyuki and Mori, Osamu. Finite Element Dynamic Analysis of Solar Sail Deployment. 27th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, July 5-10 2009, Tsukuba, Japan , 2009. BibTeX [Sakamotoetal2009]
3. Yamazaki, Masahiko and Miyazaki, Yasuyuki. Empirical Model Reduction of Spinning Solar Sail. 27th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, July 5-10 2009, Tsukuba, Japan , 2009. BibTeX [Yamazakietal2009]
4. Shirasawa, Yoji and Mori, Osamu and Sawada, Hirotaka and Imaizumi, Tsuguo and Mimasu, Yuya and Sato, Shogo and Tanaka, Keita and Motooka, Norizumi and Kitajima, Marie and Kawaguchi, Jun'ichiro. Demonstration of Solar Sail Deployment System using a High Altitude Balloon. 27th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, July 5-10 2009, Tsukuba, Japan , 2009. BibTeX [Shirasawaetal2009]
5. Funase, Ryu and Sugita, Masayuki and Miwa, Yuichi and Mori, Osamu and Kawaguchi, Junichiro. Oscillation-Free Attitude Control of Spinning Solar Sail with Huge Membrane. 27th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, July 5-10 2009, Tsukuba, Japan , 2009. BibTeX [Funaseetal2009]
6. Yamaguchi, Tomohiro and Mimasu, Yuya and Tsuda, Yuichi and Funase, Ryu and Sawada, Hirotaka and Mori, Osamu. Trajectory Analysis of Small Solar Sail Demonstration Spacecraft IKAROS Considering the Uncertainty of Solar Radiation Pressure. 27th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, July 5-10 2009, Tsukuba, Japan , 2009. BibTeX [Yamaguchietal2009]
7. Hou, Xi-yun and Tang, Jing-shi and Liu, Lin. On Utilization of Solar Sails in Triangular Libration Point Missions in the Earth-Moon System. 27th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, July 5-10 2009, Tsukuba, Japan , 2009. BibTeX [Houetal2009]
8. Sawada, Hirotaka and Shirasawa, Yoji and Mori, Osamu. Development of IKAROS Mission Mechanism to Deploy Solar Sail. 27th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, July 5-10 2009, Tsukuba, Japan , 2009. BibTeX [Sawadaetal2009]
9. Mimasu, Yuya and Kitajima, Akifumi and Yamaguchi, Tomohiro and Funase, Ryu and Mori, Osamu and Tsuda, Yuichi and Kawaguchi, Jun'ichiro. Photon Acceleration Model of Flexible Spinning Solar Sail. 27th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, July 5-10 2009, Tsukuba, Japan , 2009. BibTeX [Mimasuetal2009]