Overview of Venus Orbiter, Akatsuki
Earth Planets Space, 63, 443–457, 2011 Overview of Venus orbiter, Akatsuki M. Nakamura1, T. Imamura1, N. Ishii1,T.Abe1, T. Satoh1, M. Suzuki1, M. Ueno1, A. Yamazaki1,N.Iwagami2, S. Watanabe3, M. Taguchi4, T. Fukuhara3, Y. Takahashi3, M. Yamada1, N. Hoshino5, S. Ohtsuki1, K. Uemizu1, G. L. Hashimoto6, M. Takagi2, Y. Matsuda7, K. Ogohara1, N. Sato7, Y. Kasaba5, T. Kouyama2, N. Hirata8, R. Nakamura9, Y. Yamamoto1, N. Okada1, T. Horinouchi10, M. Yamamoto11, and Y. Hayashi12 1Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210, Japan 2Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan 3Department of Earth Sciences, Hokkaido University, N10W8, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan 4Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1, Nishi-ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan 5Department of Geophysics, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki-aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan 6Department of Earth Sciences, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-Naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan 7Department of Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Tokyo Gakugei University, 4-1-1 Nukuikitamachi, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8501, Japan 8Research Center for Advanced Information Science and Technology, Tsuruga, Ikki-machi, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima 965-8580, Japan 9National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba 305-8568, Japan 10Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, N10W5, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan 11Research Institute for Applied Mechanics Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-kouen, Kasuga-ku, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan 12Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan (Received June 25, 2010; Revised February 10, 2011; Accepted February 15, 2011; Online published June 21, 2011) The Akatsuki spacecraft of Japan was launched on May 21, 2010.
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