JAXA launches Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki on H-IIA

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The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 17 with the Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI" and the Small Solar Power Sail Demonstrator "IKAROS" onboard launched at 6:58:22 a.m. JST on May 21, 2010 (4:58:22 p.m. CDT May 20).

Video credit: JAXA

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• JAXA
• Akatsuki
• Venus
• Climate
• Orbiter
• H-IIA
• launch

[rlewis1946]

Congratulations on a "text book" launch!! Best wishes for further success on this important mission to Venus and the Solar Sail Demonstrator.

RL Atlanta, Georgia  USA

[metric85]

Congratulations to JAXA and Japan!!

[piplupsingularity]

The female announcer's voice is so cute.

[candr]

It failed to orbit because of a miss fireing of its rokets after coming back into radio contact after passing behind the planet. They will try again placeing the probe in sleep mode for 6 years when it will once again be in position for another attempt. So its not all doom and gloom yet, there still is a chance that it will do its job, just a little late in comeing in to work LOL.

[iebrowehiem]

Akatsuki, failed to orbit the planet Venus

[luiseduardo586]

Japanese people...you're amazing.

[MidnightRedemption]

Miku is not just a diva... she's an astronaut :)

[garuga0777]

i heard japanese high schoolers developed and built it

[lclpuddle]

Carrying our hearts to the cloudy planet... best of luck, Akatsuki and Miku!

[RinKagamine002]

Hatsune miku!!!!! 030