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Rocket Lab Director of Launch Complex 1

She was a great launch on a great day! Two payloads - two orbits! NEONSAT-1 will perform Earth-observation of the Korean Peninsula for KAIST, which will then pair the satellite’s data with artificial intelligence to monitor for natural disasters in the region. NEONSAT-1 is the first of 11 satellites for KAIST’s planned constellation to image the Korean Peninsula several times daily. NASA’s ACS3 technology demonstration uses composite materials - or a combination of materials with different properties, in its novel, lightweight booms that deploy from a CubeSat to support a solar sail. Just as a sailboat is powered by wind in a sail, solar sails employ the pressure of sunlight for propulsion, eliminating the need for conventional rocket propellant. Data obtained from the ACS3 demonstration will guide the design of future larger-scale composite solar sail systems that could be used for space weather early warning satellites, near-Earth asteroid reconnaissance missions, or communications relays for crewed exploration missions.

Daniel Lincoln

General Manager @ Ramage Sheetmetal's

4mo

Awesome job 👌

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Bree Fram

USSF Colonel, Astronautical Engineer, Author, Podcast Host, Public Speaker, Co-Lead of DAF LGBTQ+ Initiatives Team

4mo

Congratulations!

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Malcolm Sanderson

Managing Director at Sanderson Machines

4mo

Proud to have met you Julia, another great person putting little old NZ on the intergalactic world stage

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Katy Miller

Manager Research Funding and Strategy at Victoria University of Wellington

4mo

Sounds like a blast :-) Congratulations!

Arati Waldegrave

PAG advisor, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet

3mo

Nice work

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Renee M. B.

Key Account Manager, Rare Disease - Hematology

4mo

Congrats!

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