{"id":6544,"date":"2014-02-18T17:38:45","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T17:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6544"},"modified":"2014-02-18T17:38:57","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T17:38:57","slug":"fiso-update-on-sunjammer-solar-sail-navigation-demonstration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6544","title":{"rendered":"FISO: Update on the Sunjammer solar sail navigation demonstration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest presentation to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespacereview.com\/article\/2233\/1\" target=\"_d\">Future In-Space Operations (FISO)<\/a> study group is now posted in the <a href=\"http:\/\/spirit.as.utexas.edu\/~fiso\/archivelist.htm\" target=\"_d\">FISO Working Group Presentations Archive<\/a>. The zip file includes the Powerpoint presentation, two animations, and the audio\u00a0for the talk titled,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/spirit.as.utexas.edu\/~fiso\/telecon\/Barnes_2-12-14\/\">Sunjammer &#8211; A Solar Sail Navigation Demonstration<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0Nathan Barnes , L.Garde Inc., February 12, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The talk describes the NASA\/NOAA sponsored\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunjammermission.com\/Team\/NASA\" target=\"_d\">Sunjammer \u00a0solar sail<\/a>\u00a0project, \u00a0for which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lgarde.com\/\" target=\"_d\">L&#8217;Garde Inc.<\/a>\u00a0(Tustin, CA)\u00a0\u00a0is the primary contractor. The steerable 1200 square meter sail is scheduled to be launched in January 2015 on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/\" target=\"_d\">SpaceX<\/a> Falcon 9 rocket.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SunjammerArt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"SunjammerArt\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SunjammerArt.jpg\" width=\"478\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SlideCoreCompetencies3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6546\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=6546\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SlideCoreCompetencies3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1003,753\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SlideCoreCompetencies3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SlideCoreCompetencies3-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SlideCoreCompetencies3.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6546\" alt=\"SlideCoreCompetencies3\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SlideCoreCompetencies3.jpg\" width=\"482\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SlideCoreCompetencies3.jpg 1003w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SlideCoreCompetencies3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SolarSail101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6547\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=6547\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SolarSail101.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1001,749\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SolarSail101\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SolarSail101-300x224.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SolarSail101.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6547\" alt=\"SolarSail101\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SolarSail101.jpg\" width=\"481\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SolarSail101.jpg 1001w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SolarSail101-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SunjammerArt.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Partners.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Partners\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Partners.jpg\" width=\"478\" height=\"359\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video overview of the project:<\/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\/A4kSeu4cbWI?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<p>Here&#8217;s an animation of the deployment:<\/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\/JmxFzzlPi6s?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<p>Find several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SunjammerMission?feature=watch\" target=\"_blank\">more videos here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u00a0for the talk titled,\u00a0Sunjammer &#8211; A Solar Sail Navigation Demonstration\u00a0by\u00a0Nathan Barnes , L.Garde Inc., February 12, 2014. The talk describes the NASA\/NOAA sponsored\u00a0Sunjammer &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6544\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FISO: Update on the Sunjammer solar sail navigation demonstration<\/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":[15,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-space-infrastructure","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1Hy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":337,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=337","url_meta":{"origin":6544,"position":0},"title":"Sunjammer solar sail to fly in 2014","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 31, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Sunjammer in orbit. 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