Show threadFranky 🐘Sep 15, 2024
@pfsmet
De vertaling van #SpotTheSail leverde hier #Zoekhetzeiltje op 🤔
Een 80 m² zeiltje 😄
Philippe SmetSep 13, 2024
#NASA is testing a #solar sail: a thin, 80 m² reflective sheet that uses the pressure of reflected sunlight for propulsion. During a pass, here through #UrsaMajor/ The Big Dipper, the (slowly rotating?) #ACS3 goes from bright to invisible and back, depending on the orientation of the Sun, the sail and the observer. #SpotTheSail
Show threadA3veen.nlSep 12, 2024
#SpotTheSail Like a Diamond in the Sky: How to Spot NASA’s Solar Sail Demo in Orbit
https://www.nasa.gov/general/like-a-diamond-in-the-sky-how-to-spot-nasas-solar-sail-demo-in-orbit/
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Like a Diamond in the Sky: How to Spot NASA’s Solar Sail Demo in Orbit - NASA

Now that its reflective sail has deployed fully open in orbit, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System can be seen in the night sky from many

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Guppy@ロケみる集会Sep 9, 2024
NASAの新しい太陽セイルが軌道に乗り、太陽からの粒子を利用して小型宇宙船を「日光で航海」させるようになったっぽい。NASAアプリで地域ごとの可視性を確認できるので、
https://x.com/NASA/status/1833227095444480072

星好きな人はチェックしてみるといいのです #SpotTheSail
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#SpotTheSail in the night sky! Our new solar sail, which lets small spacecraft "sail on sunlight" using particles from the Sun, is now in orbit. Stargazers can find out when it will be visible in their area on our NASA app. Learn more: https://t.co/FikLuSAHn5

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Guppy@ロケみる集会Sep 6, 2024
NASAのSolar Sailが打ち上げから6か月以上経ち、LC-1から展開された初めての複合ブームの姿が確認できるっぽい。地球周回中のSolar Sailを観測できるので、詳細はNASAのツールで確認可能っぽい。 #SpotTheSail
https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1831913245055267216
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Another @NASA mission on orbit after its ride to space on Electron earlier this year 🚀 NASA's Solar Sail launched >6 months ago from LC-1 and after its composite booms deployed just last week, you can now #SpotTheSail as it passes overhead 🛰️

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