Alpha Solar Sail Mission Launched: A First for Europe
The Alpha solar sail mission, the first such mission for Europe, was launched last week aboard the SpaceX Transporter-6 mission. The 6U nanosatellite manufactured by Kongsberg NanoAvionics is one of four satellites built by the Lithuanian smallsat mission integrator for multiple customers that were sent into low Earth Orbit.
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