Its solar sail is about the size of a boxing ring, and made from a thin mylar material. Ten years later in 2015, our LightSail 1 spacecraft successfully completed a test flight. It is the most ambitious solar sail yet. Once launched, the 220.5-pound (100 kg) Cosmos 1 will get a boost from a "kick motor" -- placing it into orbit approximately 550 miles (885 km) above Earth. Watch SpaceX Launch a Solar Sail the Size of a Boxing Ring A Falcon Heavy rocket is slated to carry the LightSail2 into orbit tonight. A solar sail mission funded entirely by private citizens will launch to Earth orbit just a few months from now. LightSail 2 was named one of TIME’s 100 Best Inventions of 2019, and won a Popular Science Best of What’s New award for 2019. Cosmos 1, the Planetary Society's solar-sail powered spacecraft, will be launched from a submerged Russian sub in the Barents Sea. LightSail 2 launched on 25 June 2019 and deployed its solar sail on 23 July 2019. LightSail 2 is the first steerable solar sail ever launched into orbit around Earth.

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