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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 (PLANET-C), planned for launch in 2010. | + | Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun (IKAROS) is a project of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ([http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html JAXA]) to test fly a 20-m solar sail with integrated thin-film photovoltaics as a secondary payload of their Venus Climate Orbiter ([http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/planet_c/index_e.html PLANET-C]), planned for launch in 2010. |
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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 (PLANET-C), planned for launch in 2010.