Japanese Solar Sail Mission Generates Power
Japan’s solar power sail demonstrator Ikaros has deployed its sail and begun generating power from the thin-film solar cells on the 200-sq.-meter membrane. Ikaros was launched on May 21 along with the Venus climate orbiter Akatsuki onboard an H-IIA rocket from Tanegashima Space Center on May 21. It...
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