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词条 NanoSail-D2
释义

  1. Chronology

  2. See also

  3. References

  4. External links

{{Infobox spaceflight
| name = NanoSail-D2
| image = NanoSail-D in orbit (artist depiction).jpg
| image_caption =
| mission_type = Technology
| operator = NASA
| website =
| COSPAR_ID =
| SATCAT =
| mission_duration = 240 days
| spacecraft_type = 3U CubeSat
| manufacturer =
| dry_mass =
| launch_mass = {{convert|4|kg}}
| power =
| launch_date = {{start-date|20 November 2010, 01:25|timezone=yes}} UTC
| launch_rocket = Minotaur IV/HAPS
| launch_site = Kodiak Pad 1
| launch_contractor = Orbital Sciences
| deployment_from = FASTSAT
| deployment_date = Commanded: 3 December 2010
Occurred: 17 January 2011
| last_contact =
| decay_date = 17 September 2011[1]
| orbit_epoch = 22 February 2011[2]
| orbit_reference = Geocentric
| orbit_regime = Low Earth[3]
| orbit_periapsis = {{convert|615|km|mi|sp=us}}
| orbit_apoapsis = {{convert|648|km|mi|sp=us}}
| orbit_inclination = 71.97 degrees
| orbit_period = 97.34 minutes
| apsis = gee
}}

NanoSail-D2 was a small satellite built by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and Ames Research Center to study the deployment of a solar sail in space. It was a three-unit CubeSat, measuring {{convert|30|*|10|*|10|cm|in}} with a mass of {{convert|4|kg}}.[4] Its solar sail had an area of {{convert|10|m2|sp=us}},[4] and was deployed in around five seconds.

It was planned to be deployed from the FASTSAT satellite around 3 December 2010, two weeks after launch. The satellite did not eject at that time, but on January 17, 2011, it ejected on its own and deployed its sail three days later on the 20th. The beacon signal began transmitting after ejection and was first received on the afternoon of January 19, 2011.

Chronology

NanoSail-D2 was originally built as a ground spare for the NanoSail-D satellite, which was launched aboard a Falcon 1 in 2008, and was subsequently lost when the rocket malfunctioned during stage separation. Over the next two years improvements were made to the spare,[5] and the satellite was incorporated into the FASTSAT mission.

NanoSail-D2 was launched aboard a Minotaur IV/HAPS rocket, inside the FASTSAT satellite. FASTSAT was a secondary payload on the launch, with the primary payload being STPSat-2. The launch also carried RAX, O/OREOS, FalconSat-5, and the two FASTRAC satellites; Sara-Lily and Emma. The Minotaur was launched from Launch Pad 1 of the Kodiak Launch Complex at 01:25 UTC on 20 November 2010.[6] Orbital Sciences Corporation conducted the launch under a contract with the United States Air Force.

FASTSAT was deployed into a low Earth orbit with a circular orbit of {{convert|650|km|sp=us}} of altitude and 72 degrees of inclination. NanoSail-D2 was expected to separate from FASTSAT on December 6, but although the bay door opened ejection did not occur.[7] Successful ejection was confirmed on 19 January 2011; it is unclear what caused the ejection mechanism to fail and then ultimately release at this later date. NASA requested amateur radio operators listen for the beacon signal from NanoSail-D.[8] They did and picked up the 1-second beacon transmissions which were transmitted every 10 seconds.[9] While battery power was soon exhausted, as predicted by the principal investigator, Dean Alhorn,[10] the spacecraft was expected to sail on in low-Earth orbit for 70 to 120 days, depending on atmospheric conditions, before it burnt up, and to become easier to view after the atmosphere stabilized its tumbling.[11]

To generate publicity and to encourage observations while the sail was still in orbit, NASA and Spaceweather.com announced a photography competition with a grand prize of $500 to capture images of the solar sail in orbit.[12]

On September 17, 2011, the solar sail re-entered the atmosphere after 240 days in orbit, though this was only announced on November 29, 2011.[1]

See also

{{Portal |Spaceflight}}
  • CubeSail
  • CubeSail (UltraSail)
  • IKAROS, a Japanese solar sail, launched in May 2010
  • LightSail, a controlled solar sail CubeSat to launch in 2018
  • NanoSail-D, the failed predecessor to NanoSail-D2, launched in August 2008
  • Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, a solar sail CubeSat planned to launch in 2018
  • Sunjammer, a solar sail that was cancelled before launch in 2014

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=NASA's Nanosail-D 'Sails' Home -- Mission Complete|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/11-148.html|accessdate=2 December 2011}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt |title=Satellite Catalog |publisher=Jonathan's Space Page |first=Jonathan |last=McDowell |accessdate=3 May 2018}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=NanoSail-D - Orbit Data|url=http://www.heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=90027|publisher=Heavens Above}}{{Dead link |date=October 2016}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/nanosail-d.htm|title=NanoSail D|last=Krebs|first=Gunter|work=Gunter's Space Page|accessdate=20 November 2010}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/10-109.html|title=Sailing Among the Stars|date=17 August 2010|publisher=NASA|accessdate=20 November 2010}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/latest.html|title=Issue 635|last=McDowell|first=Jonathan|work=Jonathan's Space Report|accessdate=20 November 2010}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://nanosaild.engr.scu.edu/dashboard.htm|title=NanoSail-D Dashboard|publisher=Santa Clara University|accessdate=20 November 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720042302/http://nanosaild.engr.scu.edu/dashboard.htm|archivedate=20 July 2011|df=}}
8. ^http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/news/releases/2011/11-009.html
9. ^http://www.universetoday.com/82733/success-nanosail-d-deploys/
10. ^{{cite web|title=NASA's first solar sail makes unlikely comeback in orbit|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1101/22nanosail/|publisher=Spaceflight Now|author=Stephen Clark|date=January 22, 2011}}
11. ^{{cite web|title=NASA's First Solar Sail NanoSail-D Deploys in Low-Earth Orbit|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/11-010.html|accessdate=23 January 2011}}
12. ^{{cite web|title=NanoSail D|url=http://www.nanosail.org/|accessdate=25 January 2011}}

External links

{{Portal|Spaceflight}}
  • NASA NanoSail-D Mission page
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110720042302/http://nanosaild.engr.scu.edu/dashboard.htm NanoSail-D dashboard]
  • [https://twitter.com/nanosaild Twitter page]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110313124535/http://www.startje.be/vieuw.php?qid=357824 An index of images] by astrophotographer Ralf Vandebergh created with a telescope mounted camera.
  • information about NanoSail-D2 on [https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/nanosail-d2 eoportal.org]
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