Lightsail-2

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Lightsail 2 Mission Control dashboard

LightSail 2 Mission Control

The official mission control for The Planetary Society's LightSail 2 spacecraft including spacecraft data and updates.

www.planetary.org

 

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An update on the mission plus image from space.

LightSail 2 Team to Conduct More Testing before Sail Deployment

Sail deployment is now scheduled for no earlier than 21 July 2019.

planetary.org

 

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LightSail 2 Sail Deployment Scheduled for Tuesday

The target ground station pass for deployment starts 23 July 2019 at roughly 11:22 PDT (18:22 UTC).

www.planetary.org

LightSail 2 Sail Deployment Scheduled for Tuesday

Mission officials today cleared the spacecraft for a possible sail deployment attempt on Tuesday, 23 July 2019, during a ground station pass that starts at roughly 11:22 PDT (18:22 UTC). A backup pass is available the following orbit starting at 13:07 PDT (20:07 UTC). These times may change slightly as new orbit predictions become available.

 

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The Planetary Society's LightSail 2 deploy the spacecraft’s solar sail, Tuesday, 23 July 2019, 11:22 PDT (18:22 UTC).

Live Coverage:

Live Coverage: LightSail 2 Sail Deployment

Visit planetary.org/live for video and audio from mission control, located at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in California.

www.planetary.org

 

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I cannot wait until Tuesday, I hope things go well for LightSail 2.

 

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LightSail2 go for sail deployment:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1153718753831477248

#LightSail2 ground pass 1 complete. All critical pre-sail deployment tasks successful, including TLE upload. Spacecraft is currently go for solar sail deployment during the next pass, which begins at about 11:40 PDT (18:40 PDT).

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1153740337593999360

All indications are that #LightSail2 has deployed its solar sail as planned. We will now confirm deployment was successful by downloading imagery.

 

[FighterJock]

That's great that LightSail 2 has deployed it's sail without trouble.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1153740337593999360

All indications are that #LightSail2 has deployed its solar sail as planned. We will now confirm deployment was successful by downloading imagery.

Great news that SolarSail 2 has deployed it's sail without trouble.

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1154115026631815168

A perfect day for sailing! Images from the spacecraft confirm the solar sails deployed on 23 June 2019 at 11:47 PDT. Details at http://planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/ls2-deploys-sail.html

 

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LightSail 2, the Solar Sailing CubeSat That Could, Declared a Success

A "romantic" mission orbiting the Earth is moving as hoped.

www.popularmechanics.com

 

[Grey Havoc]