FISO: Update on the Sunjammer solar sail navigation demonstration

The latest presentation to the Future In-Space Operations (FISO) study group is now posted in the FISO Working Group Presentations Archive. The zip file includes the Powerpoint presentation, two animations, and the audio for the talk titled, Sunjammer – A Solar Sail Navigation Demonstration by Nathan Barnes , L.Garde Inc., February 12, 2014.

The talk describes the NASA/NOAA sponsored Sunjammer  solar sail project,  for which L’Garde Inc. (Tustin, CA)  is the primary contractor. The steerable 1200 square meter sail is scheduled to be launched in January 2015 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

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Here’s a video overview of the project:

Here’s an animation of the deployment:

Find several more videos here.