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Joris _

'Space yacht' IKAROS takes images of its solar sail :: Brahmand.com - 2 views

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LeopoldS liked it
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    very nice!! could not find the dimensions yet ...
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    that is honestly a little bit less impressive than I had hoped for ... this "just" 200 m2 ... our Furoshiki net had already 130m2 and we deployed it within 1 min under much worse conditions ...
Juxi Leitner

SPACE.com -- Solar Sail Spacecraft Steers with Sunlight for First Time - 0 views

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    The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency spacecraft Ikaros now represents the first solar sail to have harnessed sunlight for both attitude control and propulsion, after it first launched May 21 alongside the Venus-bound orbiter Akatsuki.
Juxi Leitner

JAXA | Launch Day of the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 17 (H-IIA F17) - 2 views

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    Interesting launch, not just the first Japanese Venus [0] mission, also an interplanetary university mission [1] and also a solar sail mission [2]. Looks very interesting ... [0] http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f17/index_e.html [1] http://www.unisec.jp/unitec-1/en/about_unitec-1.html [2] http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/ikaros/index_e.html
Juxi Leitner

World's First Successful Solar Sail Deployment (~翼を広げて~ IKAROS(イカロス)専門チャンネル) - 3 views

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    google translate helps ;)
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