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This page contains philatelic information on Solar sail spacecraft. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
| Launch information (found elsewhere) |
Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| IKAROS (Japan) | IKAROS (Japan) | IKAROS (Japan) |
| NanoSail (USA) | NanoSail (USA) | NanoSail (USA) |
| LightSail (USA) | LightSail (USA) | LightSail (USA) |
| ACS3 (USA) | ACS3 (USA) | ACS3 (USA) |
Below is a list of Solar sail spacecraft postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun (IKAROS) (Japan) | ||||
| Benin | Unknown a (Mi?) | One of MS4 (a-d) | 2013 | "IKAROS" |
| Central African Republic | Mi3818 | One of MS4 (Mi3817-3820) | 2012 | "IKAROS" |
| Central African Republic | Mi3817-3120_ms4 fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Chad | Unknown b (Mi?) Unknown ib | One of MS4 (a-d) One of imperforate MS4 (a-d) | 2013 | "IKAROS" |
| Chad | Unknown b proof | One of MS4 proof (a-d) | ||
| Chad | Unknown ms fdc Unknown ims fdc | MS4 on FDC Imperforate MS4 on FDC | ||
| Chad | Unknown a-d fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Guyana | 4055b (Mi8147) | One of MS4 (4055 (a-d)) (Mi8146-8149) | 2011 | "IKAROS" |
| Guyana | 4055 proof | Signed proof (4055) | ||
| Guyana | 4055 fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Mozambique | 2134 (Mi4179-4184) i2134 | MS6 (2134 (a-f)) Imperforate MS6 (i2134 (a-f)) | 2010 | "IKAROS" |
| Mozambique | 2134 fdc | MS6 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Mozambique | 2145 (BL389) i2145 | SS1 Imperforate SS1 | ||
| Mozambique | 2145 fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Mozambique | 2134d-e cover (Mi4182-4183 cover) | Two stamps on cover | 2013 | "IKAROS" |
| St. Vincent | 1481 (Mi1733) i1481 | Imperforate | 1991 | Early-design solar sail similar to IKAROS (this concept was imagined as a competitor in a solar sailing race to Mars (later changed to the Moon) that was proposed to take place in 1992 by the American Columbus Quincentennial Consortium to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Columbus' voyage to America). |
| Sierra Leone | 5063a (Mi10469) | One of MS4 (5063 (a-d)) (Mi10469-10472) | 2018 | "IKAROS" |
| Sierra Leone | 5083 (BL1600, Mi10473) | In (lower) margin of SS1 | 2018 | "IKAROS" |
| United States | None | (Zazzle.com) personalized postage, from MS20 | 2011 | |
| NanoSail (USA) | ||||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 2383b (Mi4646) | One of MS4 (2383 (a-d)) (Mi4945-4948) | 2014 | "NanoSail-D2" |
| United States | None | (Zazzle.com) personalized postage | 2011 | NanoSail-D |
| LightSail (USA) | ||||
| No (non-launch cover) postal items found | ||||
| ACS3 (USA) | ||||
| No (non-launch cover) postal items found | ||||
Below is a list of Solar sail spacecraft launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| 2010-05-20: IKAROS (and Planet-C / VCO / Akatsuki and others) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| NanoSail (USA) | ||||
| 2008-08-03: NanoSail-D (and others) [failed] | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 2010-11-20: NanoSail-D2 (and OSCAR-69/70 and FalconSat-5 and STPSat-2 and others) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| LightSail (USA) | ||||
| 2015-05-20: LightSail-1 (and AeroCube-8A/8B and OSCAR-83/84 and others, deployed by X-37B_OTV-4) | ||||
| United States | 2015-05-20 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Lollini) cachet on cover | X-37B_OTV-4 launch (deployed LightSail-1 and others) |
| United States | 2015-05-20 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Sarmiento) cachet on cover | X-37B_OTV-4 launch (deployed LightSail-1 and others) |
| United States | 2015-05-20 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | X-37B_OTV-4 launch (deployed LightSail-1 and others) |
| United States | 2017-05-07 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Lollini) cachet on cover | X-37B_OTV-4 landing |
| United States | 2017-05-07 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | X-37B_OTV-4 landing |
| 2019-06-25: LightSail-2 (and Formosat-7A/7F and OSCAR-103/104 and FalconSat-7 and others) | ||||
| United States | 2019-06-25 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Ranski) cachet on cover | LightSat-2 launch |
| United States | 2019-06-25 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Ranski) cachet (different) on cover | LightSat-2 launch |
| United States | 2019-06-25 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Ranski) cachet (different) on cover | LightSat-2 launch |
| United States | 2019-06-25 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Ranski) cachet on cover | LightSat-2 launch |
| United States | 2019-06-25 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Ranski) cachet (different) on cover | LightSat-2 launch |
| LightSail (events) | ||||
| United States | 2019-07-23 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Planetary Society LightSat-2 deployment" |
| 2024-04-24: ACS3 (and NEONSat-1) | ||||
| United States | 2024-04-24 | Long Beach CA | (Galactic Space Covers) cachet on cover, also back | ACS3 launch |
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