Venus Climate Orbiter 'AKATSUKI' successfully launched
Fri May 21, 2010 at 09:14 UTC
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI" (PLANET-C) aboard H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 17 (H-IIA F17) at 06:58:22 on May 21, 2010 (Japan Standard Time, JST) or 21:58:22 on May 20 (UTC) from the Tanegashima Space Center.
The launch vehicle flew smoothly, and at about 27 minutes and 29 seconds after liftoff, the separation of the AKATSUKI was confirmed.
At the time of the launch, the weather was light cloudiness, a wind speed was 2.4 meters/second from the north-north-east, and the temperature was 21.2 degrees Celsius.
| Source: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | |
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