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IKAROS: Technology & Measurement

IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun) is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) experimental spacecraft. The spacecraft was launched on 20 May 2010, aboard an H-IIA rocket, together with the Akatsuki (Venus Climate Orbiter) probe and four other small spacecraft. IKAROS is the first spacecraft to successfully…

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IKAROS topic overview

The analysis highlights Technology and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around IKAROS.

Related topics
28
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
33
Extracted relationships
65
Concept neighborhoods
13
Bridge connections
33

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Purpose · 12 topics
Overview · 7 topics
Mission progress · 5 topics
Design · 3 topics
Scientific results · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Closest approach
8 December 2010
COSPAR ID
2010-020E
Declared
15 May 2025
Dimensions
Solar sail: 14 m × 14 m (46 ft × 46 ft) (area: 196 m2 (2,110 sq ft))
Disposal
decommissioned
Distance
80,800 kilometers (50,200 mi)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Purpose

Design

Mission progress

Scientific results

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How IKAROS connects Entity context

The extracted context around IKAROS shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, IKAROS → Bibcode, Demonstration, First Solar Power Sail, International Symposium, July, March, Osamu Mori, PDF, Retrieved, Science, Space Technology Another extracted example is IKAROS → Akatsuki, DCAM1, DCAM2, H-IIA, July, June, May, Tanegashima Space Center, The, Venus Climate Orbiter. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

IKAROS

Top relations

related to References · 11
IKAROS → Bibcode, Demonstration, First Solar Power Sail, International Symposium, July, March, Osamu Mori, PDF, Retrieved, Science, Space Technology
related to Mission progress · 10
IKAROS → Akatsuki, DCAM1, DCAM2, H-IIA, July, June, May, Tanegashima Space Center, The, Venus Climate Orbiter
related to External links · 9
IKAROS → Demonstrator, IKAROS小型ソーラー電力セイル実証機, JAXA, June, Sail Navigation Technology, Second Separation Camera, Small Solar Power Sail, Successful Image Shooting, YouTube
related to Scientific results · 7
IKAROS → CPT, From, GAP, It, JAXA, July, Toma
related to Design · 5
IKAROS → Eighty, Inc, LCD, PowerFilm, The
related to Purpose · 5
IKAROS → Deployment, It, Measurement, The IKAROS, Thin-film
Closest approach · 1
IKAROS → 8 December 2010
COSPAR ID · 1
IKAROS → 2010-020E
Declared · 1
IKAROS → 15 May 2025
Dimensions · 1
IKAROS → Solar sail: 14 m × 14 m (46 ft × 46 ft) (area: 196 m2 (2,110 sq ft))

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

sail solar spacecraft jaxa 2010 mission may space venus panels ft control power attitude time 20 sun successfully technology distance

IKAROS relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 65 structured relationships around IKAROS. Examples in this analysis include IKAROS → Closest approach → 8 December 2010 and IKAROS → COSPAR ID → 2010-020E. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
IKAROSClosest approach8 December 20101.00infobox
IKAROSCOSPAR ID2010-020E1.00infobox
IKAROSDeclared15 May 20251.00infobox
IKAROSDimensionsSolar sail: 14 m × 14 m (46 ft × 46 ft) (area: 196 m2 (2,110 sq ft))1.00infobox
IKAROSDisposaldecommissioned1.00infobox
IKAROSDistance80,800 kilometers (50,200 mi)1.00infobox
IKAROSLast contact21 May 20151.00infobox
IKAROSLaunch date21:58:22, 20 May 2010 (UTC) (2010-05-20T21:58:22Z)1.00infobox
IKAROSLaunch mass310 kg1.00infobox
IKAROSLaunch siteTanegashima, LA-Y1.00infobox
IKAROSMission duration5 years and 1 day1.00infobox
IKAROSMission typeSolar sail technology1.00infobox
IKAROSOperatorJAXA1.00infobox
IKAROSReference systemHeliocentric orbit1.00infobox
IKAROSRocketH-IIA 2021.00infobox
IKAROSSATCAT no.365771.00infobox
IKAROSWebsiteglobal.jaxa.jp/projects/sas/ikaros/1.00infobox
IKAROSis afirst spacecraft to successfully demonstrate solar sail technology in interplanetary space0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around IKAROS bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Jaxa, Sail and Solar. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • IKAROS
    • Jaxa
    • Sail
    • Solar
    • Spacecraft
    • First
    • Sun
    • Mission
    • May
    • June
    • Planned
    • Successfully
    • Technology
  • ikaros
    • Jaxa
    • Sail
    • Solar
    • Spacecraft
    • First
    • Sun
    • Mission
    • May
    • June
    • Planned
    • Successfully
    • Technology
  • jaxa
    • Solar
    • Spacecraft
    • Sail
    • Ft
    • Mission
    • Radiation
    • First
    • July
    • Technology
    • Attitude
    • Control
    • H-iia
  • solar sail
    • Sail
    • Solar
    • Power
    • Spacecraft
    • Panels
    • Ft
    • Mission
    • July
    • Key
    • Right
    • Planned
    • Technology
  • solar wind
    • Sail
    • Power
    • Spacecraft
    • Panels
    • Mission
    • July
    • Planned
    • Technology
    • Attitude
    • Control
    • Ft
    • Space
  • mission progress
    • Planned
    • Solar
    • Attitude
    • Control
    • Ft
    • Panels
    • Sail
    • Space
    • Spacecraft
    • Last
    • Operation
    • Radiation
  • venus
    • Successfully
    • H-iia
    • Rocket
    • Planned
    • Space
    • May
    • Ikaros
    • Operation
    • Spacecraft
    • Distance
    • First
    • July
  • attitude control
    • Attitude
    • Control
    • Panels
    • Key
    • Right
    • Mission
    • Sail
    • Solar
    • Jaxa
    • Ikaros
    • Interplanetary
    • Radiation

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For IKAROS, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects IKAROS with Purpose. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
IKAROS — Purpose · splits 21 ⟂ 13
IKAROS — Overview · splits 26 ⟂ 8
IKAROS — Mission progress · splits 28 ⟂ 6
IKAROS — Design · splits 30 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

IKAROS

Nodes34
Edges33
Triples65
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.058824
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around IKAROS to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Technology & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — IKAROS · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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