NanoSail-D
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NanoSail-D was a small satellite which was to have been used by NASA's Ames Research Center to study the deployment of a solar sail in space. It was a three-unit CubeSat measuring 30 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm, with a mass of 4 kg. Wikipedia
Launch date: August 3, 2008
Launch mass: 4 kg (8.8 lb)
Mission duration: Failed to orbit; 7 days (planned)