{"id":12272,"date":"2016-03-01T11:31:08","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T16:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12272"},"modified":"2016-03-01T11:41:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T16:41:27","slug":"video-planetary-societys-lightsail-2-tests-its-sail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12272","title":{"rendered":"Video: Planetary Society&#8217;s LightSail 2 tests its sail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an update on the Planetary Society&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/sail.planetary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">LightSail 2<\/a> project:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/jason-davis\/2016\/20160229-meet-lightsail-2.html?referrer=http:\/\/planetary.org\/\" target=\"_d\">Meet LightSail 2, The Planetary Society&#8217;s new solar sailing CubeSat &#8211;\u00a0The Planetary Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last June, LightSail 1 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/jason-davis\/2015\/20150609-lightsail-test-mission-success.html\" target=\"_blank\">successfully tested<\/a> the deployment of its sail in orbit. The goal of LightSail 2 is to achieve\u00a0propulsion from the pressure of sunlight. It is scheduled to go to space in early 2017\u00a0on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/falcon-heavy\" target=\"_blank\">SpaceX Falcon Heavy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is\u00a0a video of a\u00a0LightSail 2\u00a0deployment test:<\/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\/K7UBWz2mvro?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>Here is an update on the Planetary Society&#8217;s LightSail 2 project:\u00a0Meet LightSail 2, The Planetary Society&#8217;s new solar sailing CubeSat &#8211;\u00a0The Planetary Society. Last June, LightSail 1 successfully tested the deployment of its sail in orbit. The goal of LightSail 2 is to achieve\u00a0propulsion from the pressure of sunlight. It is scheduled to go to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12272\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: Planetary Society&#8217;s LightSail 2 tests its sail<\/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":[3,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3bW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8085,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8085","url_meta":{"origin":12272,"position":0},"title":"Update on Planetary Society&#8217;s LightSail project","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the latest update on the Planetary Society's LightSail\u00a0project and links to the previous entries in the series: LightSail update: Boom deployment diagnosis continues LightSail update: Flight system test delayed LightSail is happening, and I'll be your new guide LightSail artwork by Rick Sternbach Here is a\u00a0video showing a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Activism&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Activism","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"lightsail_art_rs_compressed_f840","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/lightsail_art_rs_compressed_f840-300x206.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10622,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10622","url_meta":{"origin":12272,"position":1},"title":"Planetary Society LightSail in orbit","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Atlas V launch mentioned earlier went off well on Wednesday: https:\/\/youtu.be\/l7Riq9rr4ao The X-37B and the ten CubeSats secondary payloads were deployed, including the Planetary Society's LightSail and it began transmitting its status: Liftoff! 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