SpaceX Transporter-6 successfully launched Europe's first solar sail mission

Date 10th, Jan 2023
Source NanoDaily - Scientific News Websites

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Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) has announced the successful launch of Europe's first solar sail mission aboard SpaceX Transporter-6. The 6U nanosatellite nicknamed 'Alpha' was manufactured for France's Gama. It is one of four satellites, built by the Lithuanian smallsat mission integrator for multiple customers, that got sent into low Earth Orbit.