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List of contents related to Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki from past to present.
Road to the first star: Venus orbiter from Japan (series articles in Japanese magazine "Yu-Sei-Jin" published by JSPS)
- Vol. 31, No. 1, 2022, Part 49: first challenges to data assimilation for the Venus atmosphere: Combination of Akatsuki observations and numerical simulations
- Vol. 30, No. 4, 2021, Part 48: FUJIN balloon borne telescope for optical observation of planets
- Vol. 30, No. 3, 2021, Part 47: Probing the solar corona: Akatsuki-BepiColombo-Hinode coodinated observation
- Vol. 30, No. 2, 2021, Part 46: LAC detected lightning flash in Venus?
- Vol. 30, No. 1, 2021, Part 45: Discovery of quiescent regions CALM in "cleaned" Venus night-side data by IR2
- Vol. 29, No. 4, 2020, Part 44: Busy October 2020 of Akatsuki; PC2 and tri-spacecraft campaign observations
- Vol. 29, No. 3, 2020, Part 43: Is tomorrow cooler than today on Venus?
- Vol. 29, No. 2, 2020, Part 42: Superrotation
- Vol. 29, No. 1, 2020, Part 41: New comer boosts LIR performance
- Vol. 28, No. 4, 2019, Part 40: Temperature-dependent sensitivity of IR2 is now obvious!
- Vol. 28, No. 3, 2019, Part 39: The report of "The 74th Fujihara seminar/international Venus conference 2019"
- Vol. 28, No. 2, 2019, Part 38: Survival in ultra-long umbra
- Vol. 28, No. 1, 2019, Part 37: Akatsuki to complete the puzzle of the deeper winds of Venus (translated into Japanese), (original in English)
- Vol. 27, No. 4, 2018, Part 36: Numerical simulations and data assimilations with AFES-Venus
- Vol. 27, No. 3, 2018, Part 35: Long Cold Night in the Hot Summer
- Vol. 27, No. 2, 2018, Part 34: End of the nominal mission of Venus explorer Akatsuki
- Vol. 27, No. 1, 2018, Part 33: Lightning hunt in Venus, to be continued
- Vol. 26, No. 3, 2017, Part 32: Akatsuki Science Data Archive
- Vol. 26, No. 2, 2017, Part 31: Akatsuki Radio Occultation Measurements Have Entered the Key Stage!
- Vol. 26, No. 1, 2017, Part 30: Venus'day & Night Seen by the 1µm Camera
- Vol. 25, No. 4, 2016, Part 29: Discovery of Nanjakorya!
- Vol. 25, No. 3, 2016, Part 28: Onset of Ultraviolet Imagery by AKATSUKI
- Vol. 25, No. 2, 2016, Part 27: IR2 Onboard Akatsuki Started to Reveal New Looks of Venus
- Vol. 25, No. 1, 2016, Part 26: Arrival at Venus(errata)
- Vol. 24, No. 4, 2015, Part 25: The Cameras Awaken After 5 years of Sleep
- Vol. 24, No. 2, 2015, Part 24: Reaching Venus Again
- Vol. 23, No. 3, 2014, Part 23: Development and Operation of Electrical Power System of Akatsuki
- Vol. 23, No. 1, 2014, Part 22: Activity and Contribution to Akatsuki of NASA Deep Space Network
- Vol. 22, No. 4, 2013, Part 21: Education and Public Outreach Activities
- Vol. 22, No. 1, 2013, Part 20: On a Long Journey in the Interplanetary Space
- Vol. 21, No. 2, 2012, Part 19: Investigating Venus Cloud Structure from Photometric Phase Curves Acquired by Akatsuki IR1 and IR2
- Vol. 21, No. 1, 2012, Part 18: New Journey to the Second Approach to Venus
- Vol. 20, No. 4, 2011, Part 17: Radio Occultation Observation of Solar Corona
- Vol. 20, No. 3, 2011, Part 16: Venus Photometric Observation
- Vol. 20, No. 2, 2011, Part 15: Observation of the Zodiacal Light with IR2 Camera
- Vol. 20, No. 1, 2011, Part 14: AKATSUKI Strikes Back
- Vol. 19, No. 4, 2010, Part 13: Upcoming Radio Occultation Experiments with Akatsuki
- Vol. 19, No. 3, 2010, Part 12: Operation for the Launch and the First Light of the Earth
- Vol. 19, No. 2, 2010, Part 11: Science Data Handling
- Vol. 19, No. 1, 2010, Part 10: Flight Model Integration and Function Test
- Vol. 18, No. 4, 2009, Part 9: Observational Strategy and Performance Test of Lightning and Airglow Camera: LAC
- Vol. 18, No. 2, 2009, Part 8: Development of IR2, a 2-micron camera on board PLANET-C
- Vol. 18, No. 2, 2009, Part 7: First Integration Test of PLANET-C
- Vol. 17, No. 4, 2008, Part 6: Optical Test of IR1 Camera
- Vol. 17, No. 3, 2008, Part 5: Ultraviolet Imager (UVI)
- Vol. 17, No. 2, 2008, Part 4: Life Test of Stepping Motor for Longwave Infrared Camera and Ultraviolet Imager
- Vol. 17, No. 1, 2008, Part 3: Development of Longwave Infrared Camera
- Vol. 16, No. 4, 2007, Part 2: PLANET-C Structure Model Test
- Vol. 16, No. 3, 2007, Part 1: Overview
Progress of the Akatsuki mission
- Until the time of launch
- May 21, 2010--December 7, 2010
- December 7, 2010--August 2011
- September 2011 through fall/winter 2015
Series science articles on Venus
The science of Venus that Akatsuki is attempting to uncover *This article was written in 2010* (Hosted on the project site)
- Why Venus? Learning about the Earth through Venus
- Venus Meteorology
- Debate on lightning on Venus
- Volcanic activity
- Longest valley in solar system
- Ancient ocean
- Dissipation of atmosphere
Past features
- ISAS column: The challenge of the Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki
- Interview: Achieving planetary meteorology through a Venus mission
- Our mission, as told by the team leader
- JAXA Project Manager Survey: Our Mission for 2013
- JAXA solar system planetary exploration interview: the world's first planetary meteorological satellite explores the mysteries of Venus' winds
- Spot interview with Kinsei-chan and Akatsuki-kun! Akatsuki Q&A
- ISAS newsletter: The Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki, reborn from flames
- JAXA Interview: Akatsuki returns to Venus
- Professional Akatsuki
Past support projects
- Request for submissions: create your own work featuring Akatsuki-kun and Kinsei-chan and support the Venus orbit insertion!
- Messages of support for Akatsuki
- Messages from noted figures
- Akatsuki message campaign
- Report by Space Development Committee: Akatsuki message campaign
- International Year of Astronomy Essay Collection 2009
Documents
- Materials for press conference held in advance of re-entry of Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki into orbit around Venus
- Satellite riding tandem with Akatsuki
- Documentation on Akatsuki, which awaits its launch
- Live launch report
Related web sites
- JAXA web site: Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki (PLANET-C)
- ISAS web site: Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki (PLANET-C)
- Special Akatsuki site (2010)
- Old project page for Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki
- Akatsuki Science Data Archive
- Akatsuki Data Search