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NASA Awards Contract for Solar Sail Propulsion System
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NASA Awards Contract for Solar Sail Propulsion System
NASA has awarded a $10.2 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract to Opterus to provide the structural deployment system for the agency’s next solar sail spacecraft. Opterus is developing a system to deploy and control a 1,600-square-meter sail, roughly the size of a hockey rink, using four 30-meter (≈100-foot) composite booms and integrated mechanisms. Delivery to NASA is planned for early 2028.“It’s an SBIR success …
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