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Advanced Composite Solar Sail System Successfully Launches
On April 23, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System CubeSat mission launched successfully aboard an Electron rocket launched by Rocket Lab and carried Ames’ payload from Māhia, New Zealand. The CubeSat was subsequently delivered to a Sun-synchronous orbit around Earth.
Ames has pioneered the use of CubeSats and small satellites to run innovative, cost-effective missions and test technologies in space...