News: Japan Successfully Launches First Solar-Powered Spacecraft

PSFK has an article mentioning: "... Such a design might allow future spacecraft to draw electricity for ion-propulsion engines, even as they also use the solar sail for backup â€" not unlike a sailing boat that also uses a solar-powered engine.? JAXA  | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency [via MSNBC Share: > ..."

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