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Solar Sail

Ian

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I know that someone over in Russia claimed that the Solar Sail Crashed and then people were traking it. I also know that Japan recently test launched their own version of a Solar Sail. Could that be what they were traking over in Russia?
 
Solar Sal.

I mean, could it be Japan's Solar Sail that they were traking over in Russia?
 
Ehm.. i don't understand your question..


Last week Russia launched a solar sail they were going to test, they tracked it during the launch, but something went wrong and it burned in the atmosphere.

I don't know if they are tracking any other solar sails, they most likely are, but it isn't their study.

Sincerely
Tobias
 
Ian said:
I know that someone over in Russia claimed that the Solar Sail Crashed and then people were traking it. I also know that Japan recently test launched their own version of a Solar Sail. Could that be what they were traking over in Russia?
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It seems likely to me that they were picking up signals from their own craft in the wrong orbit before it re-entered the atmosphere. Either that or wishful thinking that they were actually picking anything up at all.

It's a real shame, I was looking forward to it.

Edited to add: Sounds like wishful thinking after all:

But Jiri Simunek, a scientist at Panska Ves, told the BBC News website that no signal had been detected by the Czech tracking station, "just noise".
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One of the leaders of the Planetary Society said that they will try again.
 
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