Nov 21, 2021
LightSail 2 Has Been Flying in Space for 30 Months — Paving the Way for Future Solar Sail Missions
Posted by Alberto Lao in categories: Elon Musk, space travel
Even after 30 months in space, The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 mission continues to successfully “sail on sunbeams” demonstrating solar sail technology in Earth orbit. The mission is providing hard data for future missions that hope to employ solar sails to explore the cosmos.
LightSail 2, a small cubesat, launched in June 2019 on a SpaceX