IKAROS

uncrewed Japanese experimental solar sail space probe
Vehicle space_probe Q609059
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IKAROS

Summary

IKAROS is a space probe[1]. IKAROS draws 189 Wikipedia views per month (space_probe category, ranking #32 of 135).[2]

Key Facts

  • IKAROS's image is recorded as IKAROS solar sail.jpg[3].
  • IKAROS's instance of is recorded as space probe[4].
  • IKAROS's instance of is recorded as technology demonstration spacecraft[5].
  • IKAROS's operator is recorded as Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency[6].
  • IKAROS's manufacturer is recorded as NEC Space Technologies[7].
  • IKAROS's developer is recorded as Institute of Space and Astronautical Science[8].
  • IKAROS's made from material is recorded as aluminium[9].
  • IKAROS's made from material is recorded as carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer[10].
  • IKAROS's made from material is recorded as SAE 304 stainless steel[11].
  • IKAROS's made from material is recorded as polyimide[12].
  • IKAROS's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2010-020E[13].
  • IKAROS's Commons category is recorded as IKAROS[14].
  • IKAROS's space launch vehicle is recorded as H-IIA[15].
  • IKAROS's SCN is recorded as 36577[16].
  • IKAROS's country of origin is recorded as Japan[17].
  • IKAROS's powered by is recorded as solar sail[18].
  • IKAROS's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array[19].
  • IKAROS's type of orbit is recorded as heliocentric orbit[20].
  • IKAROS's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2010-05-20T00:00:00Z[21].
  • IKAROS's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b73pk5[22].
  • IKAROS's significant event is recorded as design[23].
  • IKAROS's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[24].
  • IKAROS's significant event is recorded as deployment[25].
  • IKAROS's significant event is recorded as flyby[26].
  • IKAROS's significant event is recorded as loss of signal[27].

Why It Matters

IKAROS draws 189 Wikipedia views per month (space_probe category, ranking #32 of 135).[2] IKAROS has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . jspec.jaxa.jp. jspec.jaxa.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . eoportal.org. eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . darts.isas.jaxa.jp. darts.isas.jaxa.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . eoportal.org. eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . eoportal.org. eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . eoportal.org. eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . eoportal.org. eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . spaceflightnow.com. spaceflightnow.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . eoportal.org. eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Jonathan's Space Report. jspec.jaxa.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . eoportal.org. eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Flight status of IKAROS deep space solar sail demonstrator. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . isas.jaxa.jp. isas.jaxa.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . global.jaxa.jp. global.jaxa.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ikaros_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{IKAROS}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ikaros}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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