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Orientation of Akatsuki's axes during orbit insertion

Orientation of Akatsuki's axes during orbit insertion
Orientation of Akatsuki's axes during orbit insertion The X-axis shows time, in seconds, from the beginning of Akatsuki's attempted thruster firing at 23:49 on December 6, 2010 UTC. The Y-axis shows the orientation, in degrees, of the spacecraft's principal axes. JAXA