The satellite is designed to test the effectiveness of what is called solar sail propulsion.
该卫星的设计目的是测试太阳帆推进技术的有效性。
Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory even once investigated sending a solar sail to rendezvous and ride along with Halley's Comet during its pass in 1986.
喷气推进实验室的科学家们甚至考虑在1986年哈雷彗星经过时发射一个太阳帆与它会合，并沿着它的轨迹飞行。
NASA plans to test a full-size solar sail for chemical-free propulsion and a deep space atomic clock.
此外，美国国家航空航天局（下文简称NASA）还计划测试一个完整尺寸的太阳帆，为航天器提供绿色推进能源，以及测试一个深空原子钟。
The term solar sail is a misnomer, since Count Dooku's interstellar sloop USES an as-yet unknown brand of energetic propulsion far more exotic than stellar radiation.
“太阳帆船”这一称呼其实并不恰当，因为杜库伯爵的星际小帆船利用的是一种至今仍不清楚类型的能量推进力，它远比恒星辐射更奇特。
The term solar sail is a misnomer, since Count Dooku's interstellar sloop USES an as-yet unknown brand of energetic propulsion far more exotic than stellar radiation.
“太阳帆船”这一称呼其实并不恰当，因为杜库伯爵的星际小帆船利用的是一种至今仍不清楚类型的能量推进力，它远比恒星辐射更奇特。
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