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Advanced Composite Solar Sail System
NASA solar sail technology demonstration mission. Advanced Composite Solar Sail System was launched on April 23, 2024 aboard a Electron from Mahia. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2024-077BNORAD 59588United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- ACS3
- Common name
- Advanced Composite Solar Sail System
- Payload designation
- Adv. Composite Solar Sail
- International designator
- 2024-077B
- NORAD catalog number
- 59588
- GCAT identifier
- S59588
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1214
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Ames
- Owner
- ARC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 12U
Launch
- Date
- April 23, 2024 · 22:32 UTC
- Launch record
- 2024-077Success
- Rocket
- Electron
- Spaceport
- Mahia · pad LC1B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 987 km
- Apogee
- 1,020 km
- Inclination
- 97.41°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Apr 23, 2024
Size
- Mass
- 16 kg
- Dry mass
- 16 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.20 m
- Span
- 12.7 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q108831584 (CC0).