Mitaka
Japanese

4D2U Project
NAOJ

Past News

February 9, 2016 Version 1.3.0a including English manual was released. This version supports multiple languages. By defining the character strings as Unicode, it supports all character types around the world. This time we added the French language. The character display becomes also clearer. Furthermore, trajectories and models of spacecraft "Akatsuki" and "Hayabusa2" were added. You can reproduce Hayabusa2's Earth Swing-by and Akatsuki's re-introduction into the Venus orbit!

September 25, 2015 English page was updated.
June 24, 2015 Version 1.2.4a was released.
June 11, 2009 The developer of Mitaka, Tsunehiko Kato, presented and demonstrated Mitaka in the fifty-second session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) held at Vienna International Center, Vienna, Austria.
(Related link: COPUOS (UN))
June 8, 2009 English page was updated.
Version 1.2.0 is available. Check out the revision history for details.
June 3, 2009 The Japanese singer, MISIA, has used Mitaka visualization in the music video for her latest song "Ginga (galaxy)", which is the image song for the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Japan. You can see the music video at RhythmediaChannel (YouTube)
(Related links: MISIA Official Website, the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Japan Homepage)
April 8, 2009 Mitaka visualization has been used in the movie "Cosmic View" which is included in the latest audio-visual CD/DVD "Virtual Resonance" by the contemporary music composer, Asako Miyaki (Te Pito Records). (See here for details (Japanese).)
April 8, 2009 The total download counts of Mitaka exceeded 500,000.
July 20, 2006 Version 1.0 beta 5 was released.
October 13, 2005 Version 1.0 beta 4 was released.
February 22, 2005 Version 1.0 beta 3 was released.
February 16, 2005 Version 1.0 beta 2 was released.
February 1, 2005 Version 1.0 beta was released.