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NASA Composite Booms Deploy, Mission Sets Sail in Space

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Mission operators confirmed success at 1:33 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Aug. 29 , after receiving data from the spacecraft.

The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System spacecraft orbits Earth at approximately twice the altitude of the International Space Station .

From above, the sail will appear as a square, with an area of approximately 860 square feet ( 80 square meters ) about half the size of a tennis court.

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English

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