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[http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/home/index.html NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist] awarded a contract to [http://www.lgarde.com/ L'Garde] to demonstrate flight of a solar sail for use in science and operational (e.g. space weather, environmental monitoring, communications) missions. Sunjammer was cancelled in 2014.
 
[http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/home/index.html NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist] awarded a contract to [http://www.lgarde.com/ L'Garde] to demonstrate flight of a solar sail for use in science and operational (e.g. space weather, environmental monitoring, communications) missions. Sunjammer was cancelled in 2014.

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Sunjammer was derived from a 20x20m solar sail ground demo L'Garde and NASA tested in 2005.

NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist awarded a contract to L'Garde to demonstrate flight of a solar sail for use in science and operational (e.g. space weather, environmental monitoring, communications) missions. Sunjammer was cancelled in 2014.

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