A potential new way to travel through space is set to launch aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 located on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula. The mission, named “Beginning of the Swarm,” will launch two payloads into a Sun-synchronous orbit. The launch is currently scheduled for April 23, with liftoff planned for 23:00 UTC.

A new experimental mission by NASA is ready to set sail in orbit, using photons from the Sun to propel its way to higher altitudes.

Kongsberg NanoAvionics has announced that the 12U nanosatellite bus it built for the in-orbit demonstration of NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System mission was successfully launched by Rocket Lab. The satellite was launched onboard Electron 47 Light from a launch site in Mahia, New Zealand, opens on 24 April 2024 at 10:32 (NZT).

The B.T.S. mission launched on April, 23rd, which is April 24th in New Zealand. The complex it lifted off from is located in that country, more precisely in Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia. The first satellite deployed in the context of the B.

NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System Mission is on its way! The spacecraft lifted off from the launch pad aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket at the company’s Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, New Zealand at 10:33 a.

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A new experimental mission by NASA is now flying in orbit, aiming to use photons from the Sun to propel its way to higher altitudes.

Advancements in space travel take another leap forward as NASA demonstrates its latest breakthrough with solar sail technology. Like the maritime sails of yore, solar sails offer a promising alternative for propelling spacecraft through the cosmos.