blackshire
05-20-2010, 06:11 PM
Hello All,
The Japanese IKAROS solar sail spacecraft has been injected into a trajectory to Venus! (See: http://spaceflightnow.com/h2a/akatsuki/100520ikaros/ and www.spaceflightnow.com/h2a/akatsuki/status.html ). The solar sail will be deployed in a few weeks.
Next year, The Planetary Society's LightSail-1 solar sail spacecraft (see: www.planetary.org/programs/projects/solar_sailing/ and www.planetary.org/about/press/news/2009/1113_LightSail_in_the_News.html ) will be launched.
The Japanese IKAROS solar sail spacecraft has been injected into a trajectory to Venus! (See: http://spaceflightnow.com/h2a/akatsuki/100520ikaros/ and www.spaceflightnow.com/h2a/akatsuki/status.html ). The solar sail will be deployed in a few weeks.
Next year, The Planetary Society's LightSail-1 solar sail spacecraft (see: www.planetary.org/programs/projects/solar_sailing/ and www.planetary.org/about/press/news/2009/1113_LightSail_in_the_News.html ) will be launched.