| Name |
NanoSail-D |
| Type |
CubeSat |
| Units or mass |
3U |
| Organisation |
Space agency |
| Organisation |
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Nation |
US |
| Oneliner |
Deploy solar sail for deorbiting. |
| Keywords |
Solar sail, Propulsion |
Related Spacecraft
| Name |
Status |
Launch |
Orbit |
| NanoSail-D |
Launch failure |
2008-08-03 |
Launch failure |
| NanoSail-D2 |
Was operational until 2011-01-21, 4 days, batteries were drained. Deployed from FASTSAT on 2011-01-17. |
2010-11-20 |
630 km, 72 deg |
Last modified: 2019-09-29
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