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robin_reala on Jan 25, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: World's first solar sail unfurled in orbit

The Planetary Organisation tried to deploy a solar sail back in 2005 ( https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Cosmos_1 ) but the rocket failed.

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