The name of the spacecraft alludes to Icarus, the figure from Greek mythology who flew too close to the sun and fell into the sea, but Tsuda promised that "this Ikaros will not fly into the sun".
该空间航天器的名字Ikaros刚好暗合希腊神话人物伊卡洛斯(Icarus),他使用蜡和羽毛造的翼逃离克里特岛时,因飞得太高,靠太阳太近,双翼上的蜡融化而跌落海中。 不过津田佑一承诺这个Ikaros将不会飞入太阳。