Wednesday, June 17, 2015

LightSail mission reaches fiery end

LightSail fulfilled the main mission objective by successfully deploying its sail

The Planetary Society's brief, yet successful LightSail mission came to a fiery end on Sunday. The non-profit Society announced today that after 25 days in orbit, the CubeSat designed to test a solar sail propulsion system burned up after reentering the Earth’s atmosphere somewhere over the South Atlantic.

.. Continue Reading LightSail mission reaches fiery end

Section: Space

Tags: Related Articles:

No comments:

Post a Comment