A very impressive achievement for a private group. Is there anything it's doing that wasn't done first by IKAROS, though?
Amazing achievement. It's great that they released the telemetry data as well.
Quick (newbie) question - the coordinates given (XYZ) - are these oriented around the plane of travel, or some other scheme? i.e. the satellite is moving forward on the Y axis, right?
Wow, first KickStarter-backed space vehicle?
Is there a URL we can suck LightSail telemetry data from? Or does it directly post to Twitter? ;)
I'm guessing they will measure the increased rate of orbit decay then the sails are deployed?
Amazing!
I was a little disappointed to read this a low orbit launch where atmospheric drag is higher than any possible propulsion gain from the sail. Apparently this guy piggy backed on a launch of the X37b which in itself is cool they would allow it do so.