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A new Japanese weather probe and daring solar sail concept are scheduled to blast off together on Monday for a six-month journey to study Venus.
The Venus Climate Orbiter, named Akatsuki, represents the main payload sitting aboard the H-2A rocket slated for launch at 5:44:14 p.m. EDT (2144:14 GMT) on Monday, May 17, though it will be early Tuesday at Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center launching site. The launch requires a precise time window each day in order to achieve a successful trajectory toward Venus.
But Akatsuki, which means “Dawn” in Japanese, won’t fly alone. The solar sail, named Ikaros, gets to piggyback aboard the rocket as one of five smaller secondary payloads. The four remaining payloads represent small Earth satellites and experiments built by private universities and corporations. (Space.com)