Name | LightSail |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 3U |
Organisation | The Planetary Society |
Institution | Non-profit |
Entity | Academic / Education |
Nation | US |
Oneliner | Demonstrate the deployment of a 32 m2 solar sail from a 3-unit CubeSat platform. |
Sources | [1] [2] |
Keywords | Solar sail, Propulsion |
Related Spacecraft
Name | Status | Launch | Orbit |
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LightSail-A (LightSail 1) | Reentry 2015-06-15. Was operational until 2015-06-11. Various problems, but did deploy solar sail. | 2015-05-20 | 360 x 700 km, 55 deg |
LightSail 2 (LightSail-B, LightSail-2) | Operational (Official news 2020-07-02) | 2019-06-25 | 710 km, 24 deg |
LightSail-C (LightSail-3) | cancelled (No plans for follow-on mission as per Kickstarter comments in 2019) | x_cancelled | Sun-Earth Libration Point L1 |
Last modified: 2021-08-02
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