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Solar Propulsion Demo to be Supported by Ball Aerospace

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Tom Patton
Feb 12, 2021
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Ball Aerospace has been selected to support Solar Cruiser, a NASA small satellite solar propulsion technology demonstration on the use of solar photons for propulsion in space. Ball will perform several mission-critical functions, including the integration and test of the satellite bus with the solar sail system that will form the completed "Sailcraft."

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