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NanoAvionics Alpha Smallsat Demo To Be Powered By Gama Solar Sails

May 24, 2022

NanoAvionics has been contracted by Gama for a demonstration of Gama’s solar sails propulsion system in LEO. Under the mission agreement, NanoAvionics will provide its 6U smallsat bus, payload integration services, a satellite testing campaign, launch services and satellite operations. The launch of the “Alpha” smallsat is scheduled for the second half of this year. […]

Filed Under: Europe, In-Space Demo, LEO, Mission Agreement, SmallSat, Solar Sail Tagged With: Featured

NanoAvionics’ Solar Sail Selected For NASA’s ACS3 Mission

May 11, 2022

NanoAvionics was recently selected to build a 12U nanosatellite bus for an on-orbit demonstration of NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3). This a result of a contract between NASA Ames Research Center and AST for a 12U bus to carry NASA’s payload into LEO, including an approximately 800 square foot (74 square meter) composite […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Contracts, Payload Integration, SmallSat, Solar Electric Propulsion, Solar Sail Tagged With: Featured

NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System To Be Deployed Via A Rocket Lab Electron Launch Vehicle

October 6, 2021

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has been selected to launch NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System, or ACS3, on thir Electron launch vehicle. NASA’s ACS3 technology demonstration uses composite materials – or a combination of materials with different properties, in its novel, lightweight booms that deploy from a cubesat to support a solar sail. […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Launch, Launch Facilities, Launch Vehicle, NASA / JPL, SmallSat, Solar Sail Tagged With: Featured

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