{"id":279172,"date":"2024-04-24T04:19:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T11:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=330897"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:39:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:39:04","slug":"that-was-the-first-launch-of-nasas-solar-sail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/that-was-the-first-launch-of-nasas-solar-sail\/","title":{"rendered":"That was the first launch of NASA’s solar sail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rocket Lab<\/strong> has put into orbit a South Korean Earth observation satellite<\/strong> and the new solar sail<\/strong> from NASA<\/strong>. The secondary payload, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System<\/a><\/strong> (ACS3), was launched along with the main satellite, NEONSAT-1<\/strong>, on board a Rocket Lab Electron<\/strong> rocket as part of a dual spaceflight<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A solar sail harnesses the sunlight to propel spacecraft in space<\/strong>, offering an efficient propulsion strategy without the need for fuel<\/strong>. The ACS3 mission by NASA<\/a> aims to develop this technology, testing the deployment of new composite booms to deploy a solar sail approximately 9 meters per side<\/strong> this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main objective of the ACS3 launch was to collect flight data<\/strong> to develop future composite material solar sail systems on a larger scale, used in early warning satellite missions for space weather, asteroid reconnaissance missions<\/strong>, and observation of polar regions of the Sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEONSAT-1, the main passenger of the mission, is an Earth observation satellite developed by South Korea that will use artificial intelligence technology to monitor natural disasters<\/strong> along the Korean coast.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The launch, called “Beginning of the Swarm”<\/a><\/strong>, placed NEONSAT-1 in a 520-kilometer orbit above Earth and ACS3 at an altitude of 1,000 km, as planned. This event marked Rocket Lab’s fifth orbital launch in 2024 and the 47th overall<\/strong>. Most of Rocket Lab’s launches have been from its headquarters in New Zealand, while some have taken place from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rocket Lab is also working on making the first stage of the Electron reusable<\/strong> (18 meters tall), having recovered boosters from the sea in previous missions. However, no recovery activities were carried out on this occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n

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