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cgrunska
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Cubesat solar sails and fixing the debris field problem
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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/03/30/tiny-cubesail-could-ease-the-clutter-of-space-junk-in-earths-orbit/
just read that article, talks about usinga solar sail from a cube sat (4in x 4in x 1 foot) that extends to a 16 foot solar sail to deorbit space junk cheaply and easily
they are saying they want to put it on all new satilites that go up
wondering if they can send it up by itself to attach to some junk already up there to deorbit
also, is it practical? I remember people saying a lot of stuff is waaaay tiny
and finally, wasn't sure where to put this, so i chose this portion of the forum. move if necessary!
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Re: Cubesat solar sails and fixing the debris field problem
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03/31/2010 06:56 pm »
This is part of another thread...
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=15964.msg565032#msg565032
Smaller pieces have a greater frontal-area-to-mass ratio, so they tend to deorbit faster than large pieces.
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cgrunska
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dang, good work there
hard to keep track of where everything is on this forum
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