Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Planetary Science · Helio-N/A
Planet-C or VCO (Venus Climate Orbiter, renamed Akatsuki after launch) is a Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) mission to study the dynamics of the atmosphere of Venus from orbit, particularly the upper atmosphere super-rotation and the three-dimensional motion in the lower part of the atmosphere, using…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAYATO (KSAT) 2010-020A | Payload | re-entered 2010-06-30 | |
| WASEDA-SAT2 2010-020B | Payload | re-entered 2010-07-12 | |
| NEGAI 2010-020C | Payload | re-entered 2010-06-26 | |
| AKATSUKI (PLANET-C) 2010-020D | Payload | orbits the Sun | |
| IKAROS 2010-020E | Payload | orbits the Sun | |
| UNITEC-1 2010-020F | Payload | orbits the Sun | |
| H-2A R/B 2010-020G | Rocket body | orbits the Sun | |
| H-2A DEB 2010-020H | Debris | orbits the Sun |
COSPAR ID 2010-020 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).