Solar sail
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solar-sail-205-7889763
title:
Solar sail
text:
Solar sails are a method of spacecraft propulsion using radiation pressure exerted by sunlight on large surfaces. A number of spaceflight missions to test solar propulsion and navigation have been proposed since the 1980s. The first spacecraft to make use of the technology was IKAROS, launched in 2010. A useful analogy to solar sailing may be a sailing boat; the light exerting a force on the large surface is akin to a sail being blown by the wind. High-energy laser beams could be used as an alte
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Space propulsion method using Sun radiation
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_sail
date created:
2002-01-02T06:04:36Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T07:15:11Z
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13
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