Here&#x27;s a very interesting article about this orbit insertion, how the main rocket engine was destroyed in flight, and how JAXA hacked together a solution using only RCS thrusters:<p><pre><code>    The Akatsuki story is particularly interesting for two
    reasons. First, because the failure was documented in
    exceptional detail, with telemetry from the propulsion and
    attitude control system available to reconstruct, like the
    “black box” on an airliner, the events leading up to the
    anomaly. JAXA is to be commended on its openness: in the
    challenges of space we can all learn from others, and some
    western agencies are not always as forthcoming with
    technical details of anomalies. And second, because the
    Akatsuki story may yet have a happy ending.
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