{"id":10345,"date":"2015-04-10T15:08:16","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T19:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10345"},"modified":"2015-04-10T15:08:16","modified_gmt":"2015-04-10T19:08:16","slug":"video-planetary-society-lightsail-a-prepared-for-may-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10345","title":{"rendered":"Video: Planetary Society Lightsail-A prepared for May launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The video shows highlights of the preparation of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\" target=\"_blank\">Planetary Society<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sail.planetary.org\/\" target=\"_d\">LightSail &#8211; A<\/a>\u00a0for its launch to orbit in May on an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulalaunch.com\/Products_AtlasV.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Atlas V<\/a> rocket:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>In January 2015, the LightSail team had their last chance to touch the LightSail-A Spacecraft. They handed it over to Cal Poly where it was integrated into the P-POD (Poly-Picosatellite Orbital Deployer) for its May 2015 launch. Go LightSail!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Go4umX7Ayc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The video shows highlights of the preparation of the\u00a0Planetary Society&#8216;s\u00a0LightSail &#8211; A\u00a0for its launch to orbit in May on an Atlas V rocket: In January 2015, the LightSail team had their last chance to touch the LightSail-A Spacecraft. They handed it over to Cal Poly where it was integrated into the P-POD (Poly-Picosatellite Orbital Deployer) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10345\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: Planetary Society Lightsail-A prepared for May launch<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-diy-space","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2GR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10678,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10678","url_meta":{"origin":10345,"position":0},"title":"Planetary Society&#8217;s LightSail awakens and sends a signal","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 31, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"[ Update June.1.15: The LightSail spacecraft may unfurl its solar sail this week:\u00a0LightSail Team Prepares for Possible Tuesday Sail Deployment -\u00a0The Planetary Society. 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