JAXA - Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI" Planet-C patch.
December 11, 2010
JAXA is currently investigating the failure cause of Venus orbit injection of the Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI." During the course of the orbiter functional verification after data acquisition at the periVenus, we were able to obtain some Venus images captured by the AKATSUKI at around 9:00 a.m. on Dec. 9 (Japan Standard Time).
Images above: from left, an image shot by the UVI, IR1, and LIR. The images are artificially colored: UVI image with blue, and IR1 image with orange.
* AKATSUKI Special Site: http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f17/index_e.html
* AKATSUKI's first shots of Venus taken during health check (ISAS): http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e/topics/2010/1210.shtml
Images, Text, Credit: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
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