News: Watch Out For Solar Sail

RedOrbit has an article mentioning: "... We think the spacecraft could produce this kind of display from time to time when sunlight glints off the reflective fabric of its solar sail." On Jan. 21st, NanoSail-D unfurled a 10 m2 sail 650 km above Earth's surface, becoming the first solar sail to orbit our planet. For the next few ..."

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