SpaceX Is Launching a Solar Sail the Size of a Boxing Ring | WIRED

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A Falcon Heavy rocket is slated to carry the LightSail2 into orbit tonight. It is the most ambitious solar sail yet.LATER THIS EVENING, SpaceX is expected to launch its massive Falcon Heavy rocket on its third and most complicated mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Previous Falcon Heavy launches each carried a single large payload—a Tesla roadster and an Arab telecommunication satellite—but this launch will carry two dozen satellites into Earth orbit. The entire mission will last over six hours due to the fact that the rocket’s upper stage must deliver its payloads to three different orbits. The four-hour launch window will open at 11:30 pm ET.

The satellites onboard the Falcon Heavy will be used to demonstrate new technologies and collect


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