Tag: NanoSail-D
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NASA Successfully Launches New Solar Sail
A folded solar sail was ejected from a small NASA satellite on Monday, demonstrating a significant success in NASA’s attempts to develop and install solar-sail technology. The ejected device is called NanoSail-D, and is approximately the size of a loaf of bread. It was launched by a FASTSAT satellite. The 100-square foot sail attached to…