Akatsuki enters orbit around Venus
Date as reported
JAXA's Akatsuki spacecraft entered orbit around Venus. First Japanese spacecraft to orbit a planet other than Earth. Date retained as reported by JAXA; Japan Standard Time convention.
Historical significance
First Japanese spacecraft to orbit a planet other than Earth.
- Category
- Mission Operations and Milestones
- Type
- Orbit insertion
- Mission
- Akatsuki
- Organization
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Destination
- planet
- Target body
- Venus
- Country
- JP
Sources and attribution
- JAXA — Akatsuki mission (opens in a new tab) — Original factual summary; retain attribution to JAXA.