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Astronomy, Atlas V, Launches, Observing, Skywatching, United Launch Alliance

Hunting LightSail in Orbit

20 May , 2015 by David Dickinson

The hunt is on in the satellite tracking community, as the U.S. Air Force’s super-secret X-37B space plane rocketed into orbit today atop an Atlas V rocket out of Cape Canaveral.  This marks the start of OTV-4, the X-37B’s fourth trip into low Earth orbit. And though NORAD won’t be publishing the orbital elements for […]

IKAROS, LightSail, Planetary Society, solar sail, spotting lightsail, X-37B

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