IKAROS
Spacecraft
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IKAROS is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency experimental spacecraft. The spacecraft was launched on 20 May 2010, aboard an H-IIA rocket, together with the Akatsuki probe and four other small spacecraft. IKAROS is the first spacecraft to... Wikipedia
Launch date: May 21, 2010
Max speed: 894.8 mph
Cost: 16 million USD
Manufacturer: NEC Toshiba Space Systems, Ltd.
Dimensions: Solar sail: 14 m × 14 m (46 ft × 46 ft) (area: 196 m2 (2,110 sq ft))
Distance: 80,800 kilometers (50,200 mi)
Launch mass: 310 kg