Space Flight Laboratory Uses ‘Drag Sail’ Tech To Deorbit Nanosat

Space Flight Laboratory sees drag sails as a cost-effective way to pull small satellites back to Earth.
Credit: Space Flight Laboratory
The Space Flight Laboratory deorbited its CanX-7 demonstration nanosatellite using four drag sails in April, five years after the sails were deployed and significantly sooner than it would have deorbited naturally. Without the deployment of the drag sails, it would have taken the nanosatellite 178...
Garrett Reim

Based in the Seattle area, Garrett covers the space sector and advanced technologies that are shaping the future of aerospace and defense, including space startups, advanced air mobility and artificial intelligence.

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