{"id":8085,"date":"2014-06-11T12:18:35","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T16:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8085"},"modified":"2014-06-11T17:21:07","modified_gmt":"2014-06-11T21:21:07","slug":"update-on-planetary-societys-lightsail-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8085","title":{"rendered":"Update on Planetary Society&#8217;s LightSail project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest update on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\" target=\"_blank\">Planetary Society<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/explore\/projects\/lightsail-solar-sailing\/\" target=\"_d\">LightSail<\/a>\u00a0project and links to the previous entries in the series:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/jason-davis\/2014\/20140610-lightsail-update-boom.html\" target=\"_d\">LightSail update: Boom deployment diagnosis continues<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/jason-davis\/2014\/lightsail-update-flight.html\" target=\"_d\">LightSail update: Flight system test delayed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/jason-davis\/2014\/20140602-lightsail-is-happening.html\" target=\"_d\">LightSail is happening, and I&#8217;ll be your new guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/multimedia\/space-images\/spacecraft\/lightsail_art_rs_compressed.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8086\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=8086\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/lightsail_art_rs_compressed_f840.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"840,579\" 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=\"lightsail_art_rs_compressed_f840\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/lightsail_art_rs_compressed_f840.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8086\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/lightsail_art_rs_compressed_f840-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"lightsail_art_rs_compressed_f840\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/lightsail_art_rs_compressed_f840-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/lightsail_art_rs_compressed_f840.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><em>LightSail artwork by Rick Sternbach<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a\u00a0video showing a deployment test of the sail booms:<\/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\/PvDPfQBRJcA?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>From the caption:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>LightSail&#8217;s TRAC booms deploy during a test on June 2, 2014. The triangular booms, consisting of an alloy called elgiloy, crackle and pop as they expand. The slight motor hesitations are believed to be the result of a correctable processor overload. Video courtesy of the LightSail spacecraft team.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest update on the Planetary Society&#8216;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&#8217;ll be your new guide LightSail artwork by Rick Sternbach Here is a\u00a0video showing a deployment test of the sail &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8085\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Update on Planetary Society&#8217;s LightSail project<\/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_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,35,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8085","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-26p","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12272,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12272","url_meta":{"origin":8085,"position":0},"title":"Video: Planetary Society&#8217;s LightSail 2 tests its sail","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is an update on the Planetary Society's LightSail 2 project:\u00a0Meet LightSail 2, The Planetary Society's new solar sailing CubeSat -\u00a0The Planetary Society. 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