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NASA's Nanosail-D 'Sails' Home -- Mission Complete
NanoSail-D Over Leiden, the Netherlands (Credit/copyright: Marco Langbroek) After spending more than 240 days "sailing" around the Earth, NASA's NanoSail-D -- a nanosatellite that deployed NASA's first-ever solar sail in low-Earth orbit -- has successfully completed its Earth orbiting mission. Launched to space Nov. 19, 2010 as a payload on NASA's FASTSAT, a small satellite, NanoSail-D's sail deployed on Jan. 20. The research team continues to analyze the orbital data to determine how future satellites can use this new technology.
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NanoSail-D Over Leiden, the Netherlands (Credit/copyright: Marco Langbroek) After spending more than 240 days "sailing" around the Earth, NASA's NanoSail-D -- a nanosatellite that deployed NASA's first-ever solar sail in low-Earth orbit -- has successfully completed its Earth orbiting mission. Launched to space Nov. 19, 2010 as a payload on NASA's FASTSAT, a small satellite, NanoSail-D's sail deployed on Jan. 20. The research team continues to analyze the orbital data to determine how future satellites can use this new technology. › Feature
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NanoSail-D News and Features
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NASA's Nanosail-D 'Sails' Home -- Mission Complete
After spending more than 240 days "sailing" around the Earth, NASA's NanoSail-D has successfully completed its Earth orbiting mission.
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NASA's NanoSail-D Satellite Continues to Slowly De-Orbit
NanoSail-D is slowly descending after successfully orbiting the Earth's upper atmosphere since deploying its sail on Jan. 20.
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NASA Partners On Nanosail-D Amateur Astronomy Image Contest
NASA has formed a partnership with Spaceweather.com to engage the amateur astronomy community to submit the best images of the orbiting NanoSail-D solar sail.
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NASA's First Solar Sail NanoSail-D Deploys in Low-Earth Orbit
Engineers at the Marshall Center confirmed that the NanoSail-D nanosatellite successfully deployed its 100-square-foot polymer sail in low-Earth orbit and is operating as planned.
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NanoSail-D Ejects: NASA Seeks Amateur Radio Aid
On Jan. 19, NASA engineers confirmed that the NanoSail-D nanosatellite has ejected from the FASTSAT satellite.