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by beamrider
Sat Jan 29, 2011 10:43 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: NanoSail D (2011 Jan 28)
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Re: APOD: NanoSail D (2011 Jan 28)

Not quite clear NanoSail-D sails really unfurled. There are not any reliable earth observations that can confirm sails deployment. Cubesats (very small satellites), in general, have a long history of failures or false confirmation signals. If in the next two months nobody sees the mini solar spacecr...