Solar sails could help achieve ‘displaced orbits’
Submit on Monday, July 26th, 2010 22:58
When U.S. space pioneer, Dr. Robert L. Forward, proposed in 1984 a way of improving satellite telecommunications using a new family of orbits, some claimed it was impossible. Now engineers at the University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Space Concepts Laboratory have proved that Dr. Forward was right, the university said.
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