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NanoSail-D mission set to launch from Alaska
punkboi
post Nov 16 2010, 09:18 PM
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http://www.spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/stp...101116nanosail/

KODIAK, Alaska -- For less than $1 million, scientists are planning to show off an innovative solar sail experiment beginning with a blastoff from the Alaska frontier Friday, proving new propulsion technologies that could help rid space of unnecessary debris.


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punkboi
post Dec 6 2010, 07:27 AM
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Looks like Nanosail-D has successfully ejected from FASTSAT!

http://twitter.com/NanoSailD/status/11680456701382656


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- punkboi   NanoSail-D mission set to launch from Alaska   Nov 16 2010, 09:18 PM
- - punkboi   The Minotaur 4 rocket carrying NanoSail-D and othe...   Nov 20 2010, 02:09 AM
- - Explorer1   Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gS4n5vz9Tw   Nov 21 2010, 06:20 AM
- - punkboi   Nanosail-D is set to be ejected from FASTSAT at 10...   Dec 5 2010, 11:56 PM
- - punkboi   Looks like Nanosail-D has successfully ejected fro...   Dec 6 2010, 07:27 AM
- - nprev   Awesome!!! (I asked when they were go...   Dec 6 2010, 07:41 AM
- - punkboi   There's nothing online about whether or not Na...   Dec 10 2010, 08:45 AM
- - lyford   This just in - but you're not gonna like it Q...   Dec 10 2010, 11:31 PM
- - djellison   An ejection should be easily identifiable by a rea...   Dec 10 2010, 11:37 PM
- - punkboi   So this big week in space was apparently 1/3 succe...   Dec 11 2010, 01:55 AM
- - punkboi   NanoSail-D Ejects - NASA Seeks Amateur Radio Opera...   Jan 19 2011, 10:31 PM
- - punkboi   Beacon heard from NanoSail-D (by radio operators i...   Jan 20 2011, 01:19 AM
- - Hungry4info   This is excellent news! (Okay, Spirit.... it...   Jan 20 2011, 01:30 AM
- - punkboi   CORRECTION: The sail should actually be deployed t...   Jan 20 2011, 05:24 AM
- - punkboi   According to this person who Tweeted to @NanoSailD...   Jan 21 2011, 04:47 AM
- - punkboi   "NanoSail-D has sent data that it deployed th...   Jan 21 2011, 05:40 AM
- - djellison   Actually heard the beacon about 2 hrs earlier from...   Jan 21 2011, 07:01 AM
- - nprev   I was wondering if you were successful...congrats,...   Jan 21 2011, 09:34 AM
- - Stu   Nick, go to http://www.heavens-above.com enter you...   Jan 21 2011, 09:40 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   Thanks for that Stu. I was using other less frien...   Jan 21 2011, 03:25 PM
- - djellison   You can also use http://www.n2yo.com/passes/?s=900...   Jan 21 2011, 04:05 PM
- - punkboi   "Breaking news! - I have been officially ...   Jan 21 2011, 08:51 PM
- - bkellysky   I tried to see Nano-Sail-D it last night on its ov...   Mar 2 2011, 12:27 PM


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