IKAROS
From SolarSailWiki
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.
Links
- http://www.jspec.jaxa.jp/e/activity/ikaros.html
- http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/09/20090909_sac_ikaros_j.html
- News#Crunch_Gear:_They_now_use_solar_technology_to_propel_satellites
- 27th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science
- http://www.senkyo.co.jp/ists2009/papers/html/pdf/2009-o-4-07v.pdf
- http://www.senkyo.co.jp/ists2009/papers/html/pdf/2009-k-43.pdf
- http://www.senkyo.co.jp/ists2009/papers/html/pdf/2009-k-44.pdf
- http://www.senkyo.co.jp/ists2009/papers/html/pdf/2009-c-32.pdf
- http://www.senkyo.co.jp/ists2009/papers/html/pdf/2009-c-33.pdf
- http://www.senkyo.co.jp/ists2009/papers/html/pdf/2009-d-36.pdf
- http://www.senkyo.co.jp/ists2009/papers/html/pdf/2009-d-37.pdf
- http://www.senkyo.co.jp/ists2009/papers/html/pdf/2009-d-59.pdf
- http://www.senkyo.co.jp/ists2009/papers/html/pdf/2009-d-60.pdf
