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Launch sends Japanese orbiter on the way to Venus
URL: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/h2a/akatsuki/100520launch/
Submitted: Fri May 21 2010
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A $275 million robotic mission to Venus launched from southern Japan aboard an H-2A rocket at 2158 GMT (5:58 p.m. EDT), kicking off a six-month journey through the inner solar system. The Akatsuki orbiter will study the Venusian atmosphere when it arrives in December.