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The LightSail project of the Planetary Society intends to fly three solar sails of increasing size and complexity over the next several years. An anonymous donor provided funding for the missions, which will begin with LightSail-1, a 3-meter square sail deployed from a 10x10x30cm Cubesat. This is similar to NASA's [[NanoSail-D]]. LightSail-2 will be larger and have increased sailing ability out of Earth orbit. LightSail-3 is intended to sail to the sun-Earth L1 Lagrange point to demonstrate solar wind monitoring for geomagnetic storm forecasting. The Planetary Society previously attempted to test fly a solar sail in the [[Cosmos 1]] mission.
 
The LightSail project of the Planetary Society intends to fly three solar sails of increasing size and complexity over the next several years. An anonymous donor provided funding for the missions, which will begin with LightSail-1, a 3-meter square sail deployed from a 10x10x30cm Cubesat. This is similar to NASA's [[NanoSail-D]]. LightSail-2 will be larger and have increased sailing ability out of Earth orbit. LightSail-3 is intended to sail to the sun-Earth L1 Lagrange point to demonstrate solar wind monitoring for geomagnetic storm forecasting. The Planetary Society previously attempted to test fly a solar sail in the [[Cosmos 1]] mission.
  
==References==
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==Links==
* [[News#Planetary_Society_planning_3-mission_solar_sail_project|SolarSailWiki news story]]
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* [http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/solar_sailing/ LightSail Project]
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==Coverage==
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* [http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/solar_sailing/video_20101018.html Planetary Society: LightSail under construction]
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* [http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/solar_sailing/video_20101018.html Planetary Society: Lightsail-1 Lands on National Mall]
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* [[News#Planetary_Society_planning_3-mission_solar_sail_project|SolarSailWiki: Planetary Society planning 3-mission solar sail project]]
 
* [http://www.planetary.org/about/press/releases/2009/1109_Planetary_Society_to_Sail_Again_with.html The Planetary Society press release]
 
* [http://www.planetary.org/about/press/releases/2009/1109_Planetary_Society_to_Sail_Again_with.html The Planetary Society press release]
 
* [http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/innovative_technologies/solar_sailing/ The Planetary Society LightSail project page]
 
* [http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/innovative_technologies/solar_sailing/ The Planetary Society LightSail project page]

Revision as of 17:28, 29 November 2010

The LightSail project of the Planetary Society intends to fly three solar sails of increasing size and complexity over the next several years. An anonymous donor provided funding for the missions, which will begin with LightSail-1, a 3-meter square sail deployed from a 10x10x30cm Cubesat. This is similar to NASA's NanoSail-D. LightSail-2 will be larger and have increased sailing ability out of Earth orbit. LightSail-3 is intended to sail to the sun-Earth L1 Lagrange point to demonstrate solar wind monitoring for geomagnetic storm forecasting. The Planetary Society previously attempted to test fly a solar sail in the Cosmos 1 mission.

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