JAXA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch the venus climate orbiter named “Akatsuki” meaning dawn in Japanese this morning. It will be launched at 6:58:22 a.m. on Friday in J.S.T. or 21:58:22 p.m. on Thursday in U.T.C. The scene of the orbiter’s launch will be streamcast live on several major video networks.
Video source: ANN News on YouTube[J]
Meanwhile, the orbiter will also carry three small plates having the pictures of Japanese vocaloid character Hatsune Miku(see these Asiajin stories for her details) illustrated by her 14,000 fans with a collection of their 260,000 messages sent from all around the world.
Promotion video produced for collecting amateur illustration and signatures:
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Masaru IKEDA