[ExI] nasa's solar sail has deployed

[BillK]

On Sat, 27 Apr 2024 at 05:45, spike jones via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> Hey cool!  This is one I have long been waiting for: a solar sail.  NASA launched a CubeSat with an 80 square meter sail:
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> https://www.sciencealert.com/nasas-advanced-solar-sail-has-successfully-deployed-in-space
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> Information on the control system is hard to find.  If anyone has a link, specifically about the ACS3 control system, that’s what I am looking for.
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> spike
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This might be what you are looking for?
<https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20210017923/downloads/SmallSat_2021_ACS3_overview_20210620_rev_b_for_review.pdf>
BillK