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Revision as of 10:45, 30 June 2009
NanoSail-D is a NASA mission to deploy a 10 m2 solar sail from a CubeSat. The mission ended on August 2nd, 2008, when the Falcon 1 rocket carrying it was unable to reach orbit.
References
- Project website: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/nanosaild.html
- News coverage
- Science@NASA article: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/26jun_nanosaild.htm
- Discovery Channel story: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/07/09/solar-sail.html
- YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW1Pf0uMSug
