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H-IIA lifts off with Venus probe, solar sail and microsatellites

Submit on Thursday, May 20th, 2010 22:59

Rocket: H-IIA F17; Payload: Venus Climate Orbiter “Akatsuki” (Planet-C), Ikaros, Negai, Waseda-Sat2, KSAT; Date: 20 May 2010, 2158 UTC; Launch Site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. Initial data indicate the launch was successful.

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