[ExI] nasa's solar sail has deployed

[Keith Henson]

I am a bit surprised,  Have not looked up the details but I seem to
remember that solar sails need to be in an orbit high enough to be out
of the air drag.

Keith

On Sat, Apr 27, 2024 at 3:40 AM BillK via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 27 Apr 2024 at 05:45, spike jones via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hey cool!  This is one I have long been waiting for: a solar sail.  NASA launched a CubeSat with an 80 square meter sail:
> >
> > https://www.sciencealert.com/nasas-advanced-solar-sail-has-successfully-deployed-in-space
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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
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