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LightSail 2, Pushed by Sunlight, Raises Its Orbit by 10,500 Feet in Just Two Weeks

  • Safi Bello
  • Aug 7, 2019
  • 1 min read

Gizmodo ---------- Two weeks after entering solar sailing mode, the Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 spacecraft has managed to raise its orbit by nearly 2 miles, in an important test of this promising new means of propulsion. To learn more click on the picture below to read the article.

LightSail 2, Pushed by Sunlight, Raises Its Orbit by 10,500 Feet in Just Two Weeks - Read More from Gizmodo

 
 
 

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