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G Reim, NASA unfurls and tests its newest solar sail, Aviation Week & Space Technology, 14-27 October 2024, p 38
In US, NASA has developed an expanding tubular-boom system comprising flexible polymer and carbon fibre materialsthat unravel after launch deploying 80 square metres of sails to capture solar photons. Further development should result in 8000square metres of sail.
Abstract details
Journal title: Aviation Week & Space Technology
Keywords: 4 Propulsion - 4.5 Solar propulsion
Subjects: Solar power
