News: Japan Sends Akatsuki Toward Venus

Aviation Week has an article mentioning: "... after liftoff, following a ?smooth? ascent, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Riding piggyback was the Ikaros solar-sail experiment. Akatsuki, also known as Planet-C and the Venus Climate Orbiter, is scheduled to reach Venus in December for the start of a nominal ..."

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