Worlds first solar power sail demonstration flight in interplanetary cruise in 2010
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Kawaguchi, Jun'ichiro
Mori, Osamu
Tsuda, Yuichi
Yamamoto, Takayuki
Funase, Ryu
Sawada, Hirotaka
Kawakatsu, Yasuhiro
Morimoto, Mutsuko
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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will make the world's first solar power sail craft demonstrate for both its photon propulsion and thin film solar power generation during its interplanetary cruise. The spacecraft deploys and spans its membrane of 20 meters in diameter taking the advantage of the spin centrifugal force. The spacecraft weighs approximately 300kg, launched together with the agency's Venus Climate Orbiter, PLANET-C in June of 2010. This will be the first actual solar sail flying an interplanetary voyage.
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International Astronautical Federation - 59th International Astronautical Congress 2008, IAC 2008
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