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Alpha Experiment Preflight Imagery
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jsc2020e016860 (8/5/2016) --- A view of the fully assembled prototype of Alpha CubeSat. Alpha comprises a 1U CubeSat capable of deploying a free-flying 1m x 1m light sail equipped with 4 chip satellites (ChipSats). The overall goal of the Alpha mission is to serve as a technical demonstration of a light sail in orbit, verifying the properties of a highly retroreflective material for laser propulsion. Image courtesy of Cornell SSDS.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineAlpha Experiment Preflight Imagery. NASA/JSC, 2016-08-05. Public domain. ID: jsc2020e016860.
