LightSail, Planetary Society's Solar Sail mission (Redux) |
LightSail, Planetary Society's Solar Sail mission (Redux) |
Nov 9 2009, 09:02 PM
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Jul 16 2012, 11:23 PM
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The article below mentions three upcoming NASA missions (which will be flown on the venerable Delta 2 rocket) that would reach orbital altitudes that seem desirable for Lightsail-1...which The Planetary Society wants to send to an altitude of 800 km (500 miles):
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1207/16delta2/ OCO 2 (launch in 2014): 438-mile polar orbit SMAP (launch in 2014): 423 miles above Earth JPSS 1 (launch in 2016): 512 miles above Earth Of course, I think TPS is planning to launch Lightsail-1 before the end of this year...so all of this may be a moot point -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
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