Re:LightSail 2 Spacecraft Successfully Demonstrates Flight b...
by exDM69 on Thursday August 01, 2019 @03:30AM
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Solar sails are intended for interplanetary travel in heliocentric orbit. Providing a continuous radial low thrust, resulting in an expanding spiral trajectory. In this application, the wind is always favorable.
This is a proof of concept test vehicle in low earth orbit, it isn't going anywhere.
This is a proof of concept test vehicle in low earth orbit, it isn't going anywhere.