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NanoSail-D was a [[wikipedia:NASA|NASA]] mission to deploy a 10 m<sup>2</sup> solar sail from a [[wikipedia:CubeSat|CubeSat]]. | NanoSail-D was a [[wikipedia:NASA|NASA]] mission to deploy a 10 m<sup>2</sup> solar sail from a [[wikipedia:CubeSat|CubeSat]]. | ||
The mission ended on August 2nd, 2008, when the [[wikipedia:Falcon 1|Falcon 1]] rocket carrying it failed to reach orbit. | The mission ended on August 2nd, 2008, when the [[wikipedia:Falcon 1|Falcon 1]] rocket carrying it failed to reach orbit. | ||
| + | [http://www.nasa.gov/marshall/ NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)] plans to launch the backup NanoSail-D spacecraft as a payload of the FASTSAT-HSV01 mission. | ||
===References=== | ===References=== | ||
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* Discovery Channel story: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/07/09/solar-sail.html | * Discovery Channel story: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/07/09/solar-sail.html | ||
* YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW1Pf0uMSug | * YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW1Pf0uMSug | ||
| + | * [[News#NASA Marshall Space Flight Center: NASA and Contractor Team Develop One Fast Satellite|NASA Marshall Space Flight Center: NASA and Contractor Team Develop One Fast Satellite]] | ||
[[Category:Past Missions]] | [[Category:Past Missions]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Planned Missions]] | ||
Revision as of 11:04, 14 December 2009
NanoSail-D was 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 failed to reach orbit. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) plans to launch the backup NanoSail-D spacecraft as a payload of the FASTSAT-HSV01 mission.
References
- Project website: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/nanosaild.html
- 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
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center: NASA and Contractor Team Develop One Fast Satellite
