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Chat: First Solar Sail Deploys in LowEarth Orbit NASA is now one step closer to sailing among the stars In a historic milestone on Jan. 21, 2011, NASA engineers confirmed that the Nano Sail D nano satellite deployed its 100squarefoot polymer sail in lowEarth orbit and is operating as planned. The deployment was confirmed with beacon packets data received from NanoSailD and additional groundbased satellite tracking hopes to one day use thin membranes to deorbit satellites