Images from LightSail 2 on Orbit

LightSail 2 has two wide-angle cameras mounted on its solar panels. The cameras are designed to view the full width of the sails, so they have extremely wide, 185-degree, fish-eye fields of view. The wide field of view introduces a lot of distortion in the images but also guarantees that one camera or the other will always see Earth, every time photos are commanded.

LightSail 2 takes many more photos than it can return to Earth, due to communications limitations. After an imaging session, it is commanded to downlink thumbnail versions of the images (120 by 90 pixels in extent) on a later communications pass. The mission team then inspects the thumbnails and may choose to downlink one or more full-resolution images.

The images on this page are as they came from the spacecraft, in their original JPEG format. They have not been color-corrected or geometrically altered. Images from both cameras have a reddish cast and extreme distortion that can be alleviated through image processing.

Image sessions do not occur daily, and images have to be placed here manually. This page will typically be updated once per day. It was last updated on 18 September 2019 at 20:50 UT.

Go LightSail 2! Visit sail.planetary.org for information and mission updates.

The LightSail 2 Mission's Best Images (So Far)

All full-resolution, fully-downlinked images. Click on each to enlarge. To see processed versions of our full-resolution images, visit the LightSail media gallery.

Mission day 4
Cam 1, 04:42:13

Mission day 4
Cam 2, 04:41:43

Mission day 6
Cam 1, 23:32:29

Mission day 6
Cam 2, 23:32:05

Mission day 11
Cam 2, 22:11:58

Mission day 17
Cam 2, 21:45:52

Mission day 18
Cam 2, 20:56:53

Mission day 22
Cam 1, 18:49:00

Mission day 22
Cam 2, 18:48:51

Mission day 30
Cam 2, 16:31:32

Mission day 59
Cam 1, 23:55:35

Mission day 59
Cam 2, 23:54:04

Mission day 64
Cam 1, 19:47:22

Mission day 64
Cam 2, 19:47:31

All Downlinked Images

Including thumbnails and full-resolution images with data gaps.

Mission day 64 | 3 Sep 2019 at 19:47

Full-resolution images (click to enlarge):

Cam 1, 19:47:22

Cam 2, 19:47:31

Thumbnails:

Cam 1, 19:47:22

Cam 2, 19:47:31

Mission day 63 | 2 Sep 2019 at 20:44

Thumbnails:

Cam 1, 20:44:00

Cam 1, 20:47:02

Cam 1, 20:47:32

Cam 1, 20:48:03

Cam 1, 20:48:33

Cam 1, 20:49:03

Cam 1, 20:49:34

Cam 2, 20:44:00

Cam 2, 20:44:31

Cam 2, 20:45:01

Cam 2, 20:45:31

Cam 2, 20:46:02

Cam 2, 20:46:32

Cam 2, 20:47:03

Cam 2, 20:47:33

Cam 2, 20:48:03

Cam 2, 20:48:32

Mission day 62 | 1 Sep 2019 at 21:41

Thumbnails:

Cam 2, 21:41:30

Cam 2, 21:42:00

Cam 2, 21:42:31

Cam 2, 21:43:01

Cam 2, 21:43:31

Cam 2, 21:44:02

Cam 2, 21:44:32

Cam 2, 21:45:02

Cam 2, 21:45:33

Cam 2, 21:46:03

Cam 2, 21:46:34

Cam 2, 21:47:04

Mission day 59 | 29 Aug 2019 at 23:55

Full-resolution images (click to enlarge):

Cam 1, 23:55:35

Cam 2, 23:54:04

Thumbnails:

Cam 1, 23:51:02

Cam 1, 23:51:32

Cam 1, 23:52:02

Cam 1, 23:52:33

Cam 1, 23:53:03

Cam 1, 23:53:34

Cam 1, 23:54:04

Cam 1, 23:54:34

Cam 1, 23:55:05

Cam 1, 23:55:35

Cam 2, 23:50:01

Cam 2, 23:50:31

Cam 2, 23:51:02

Cam 2, 23:51:32

Cam 2, 23:52:02

Cam 2, 23:52:33

Cam 2, 23:53:03

Cam 2, 23:53:34

Cam 2, 23:54:04

Cam 2, 23:54:33

Mission day 63 | 2 Sep 2019 at 20:44

Thumbnails:

Cam 1, 20:44:00

Cam 1, 20:47:02

Cam 1, 20:47:32

Cam 1, 20:48:03

Cam 1, 20:48:33

Cam 1, 20:49:03

Cam 1, 20:49:34

Cam 2, 20:44:00

Cam 2, 20:44:31

Cam 2, 20:45:01

Cam 2, 20:45:31

Cam 2, 20:46:02

Cam 2, 20:46:32

Cam 2, 20:47:03

Cam 2, 20:47:33

Cam 2, 20:48:03

Cam 2, 20:48:32

Mission day 62 | 1 Sep 2019 at 21:41

Thumbnails:

Cam 2, 21:41:30

Cam 2, 21:42:00

Cam 2, 21:42:31

Cam 2, 21:43:01

Cam 2, 21:43:31

Cam 2, 21:44:02

Cam 2, 21:44:32

Cam 2, 21:45:02

Cam 2, 21:45:33

Cam 2, 21:46:03

Cam 2, 21:46:34

Cam 2, 21:47:04

Mission day 59 | 29 Aug 2019 at 23:55

Full-resolution images (click to enlarge):

Cam 1, 23:55:35

Cam 2, 23:54:04

Thumbnails:

Cam 1, 23:51:02

Cam 1, 23:51:32

Cam 1, 23:52:02

Cam 1, 23:52:33

Cam 1, 23:53:03

Cam 1, 23:53:34

Cam 1, 23:54:04

Cam 1, 23:54:34

Cam 1, 23:55:05

Cam 1, 23:55:35

Cam 2, 23:50:01

Cam 2, 23:50:31

Cam 2, 23:51:02

Cam 2, 23:51:32

Cam 2, 23:52:02

Cam 2, 23:52:33

Cam 2, 23:53:03

Cam 2, 23:53:34

Cam 2, 23:54:04

Cam 2, 23:54:33

Mission day 34 | 4 Aug 2019 at 09:53

Thumbnails:

Cam 1, 09:53:00

Cam 1, 09:53:31

Cam 1, 09:54:01

Cam 1, 09:54:31

Cam 1, 09:55:02

Cam 1, 09:55:32

Cam 1, 09:56:02

Cam 1, 09:56:33

Cam 1, 09:57:03

Cam 1, 09:57:34

Cam 1, 09:58:04

Cam 1, 09:58:34

Cam 2, 09:53:00

Cam 2, 09:53:31

Cam 2, 09:54:01

Cam 2, 09:54:31

Cam 2, 09:55:02

Cam 2, 09:55:32

Cam 2, 09:56:33

Cam 2, 09:57:03

Cam 2, 09:57:34

Cam 2, 09:58:04

Cam 2, 09:58:34

Mission day 30 | 31 Jul 2019 at 16:31

Full-resolution images (click to enlarge):

Cam 2, 16:31:32

Thumbnails:

Cam 1, 16:29:00

Cam 1, 16:29:31

Cam 1, 16:30:01

Cam 1, 16:30:31

Cam 1, 16:32:03

Cam 1, 16:32:32

Cam 2, 16:28:30

Cam 2, 16:29:00

Cam 2, 16:29:31

Cam 2, 16:30:01

Cam 2, 16:30:31

Cam 2, 16:31:02

Cam 2, 16:31:32

Cam 2, 16:32:01

Cam 2, 16:32:17

Mission day 22 | 23 Jul 2019 at 18:49

Full-resolution images (click to enlarge):

Cam 1, 18:49:00

Cam 2, 18:48:51

Thumbnails:

Cam 1, 18:47:00

Cam 1, 18:47:09

Cam 1, 18:47:18

Cam 1, 18:47:28

Cam 1, 18:47:38

Cam 1, 18:47:48

Cam 1, 18:47:58

Cam 1, 18:48:07

Cam 1, 18:48:18

Cam 1, 18:48:28

Cam 1, 18:48:38

Cam 1, 18:48:48

Cam 1, 18:49:00

Cam 1, 18:49:30

Cam 1, 18:50:00

Cam 1, 18:50:35

Cam 1, 18:51:05

Cam 1, 18:51:40

Cam 1, 18:52:11

Cam 1, 18:52:46

Cam 1, 18:53:16

Cam 1, 18:53:51

Cam 1, 18:54:22

Cam 1, 18:54:57

Cam 1, 18:55:27

Cam 1, 18:56:02

Cam 1, 18:56:32

Cam 1, 18:57:07

Cam 1, 18:57:38

Cam 1, 18:58:13

Cam 1, 18:58:43

Cam 2, 18:47:01

Cam 2, 18:47:12

Cam 2, 18:47:24

Cam 2, 18:47:35

Cam 2, 18:47:47

Cam 2, 18:47:59

Cam 2, 18:48:12

Cam 2, 18:48:25

Cam 2, 18:48:38

Cam 2, 18:48:51

Cam 2, 18:49:21

Cam 2, 18:49:52

Cam 2, 18:50:27

Cam 2, 18:50:57

Cam 2, 18:51:32

Cam 2, 18:52:02

Cam 2, 18:52:37

Cam 2, 18:53:07

Cam 2, 18:53:37

Cam 2, 18:54:12

Cam 2, 18:54:43

Cam 2, 18:55:18

Cam 2, 18:55:44

Cam 2, 18:56:14

Cam 2, 18:56:49

Cam 2, 18:57:20

Cam 2, 18:57:55

Cam 2, 18:58:25

Cam 2, 18:59:00

Cam 2, 18:59:30

Cam 2, 19:00:05

Mission day 21 | 22 Jul 2019 at 23:02

Thumbnails:

Cam 1, 23:02:00

Cam 1, 23:02:09

Cam 1, 23:02:18

Cam 1, 23:02:26

Cam 1, 23:02:34

Cam 1, 23:02:43

Cam 2, 23:02:00

Cam 2, 23:02:13

Cam 2, 23:02:24

Cam 2, 23:02:35

Cam 2, 23:02:47

Cam 2, 23:02:58

Mission day 18 | 19 Jul 2019 at 21:00

Thumbnails:

Cam 2, 21:00:04

Cam 2, 21:00:19

Cam 2, 21:00:34

Cam 2, 21:00:49

Cam 2, 21:01:03

Mission day 18 | 19 Jul 2019 at 20:56

Full-resolution images (click to enlarge):

Cam 2, 20:56:53

Thumbnails:

Cam 1, 20:55:54

Cam 1, 20:56:04

Cam 1, 20:56:13

Cam 1, 20:56:23

Cam 1, 20:56:32

Cam 1, 20:58:23

Cam 1, 20:58:31

Cam 1, 20:58:39

Cam 1, 20:58:46

Cam 1, 20:58:55

Cam 1, 20:59:03

Cam 2, 20:55:43

Cam 2, 20:55:58

Cam 2, 20:56:11

Cam 2, 20:56:25

Cam 2, 20:56:39

Cam 2, 20:56:53

Cam 2, 20:59:49

Mission day 17 | 18 Jul 2019 at 21:45

Full-resolution images (click to enlarge):

Cam 2, 21:45:52

Cam 2, 21:45:52

Thumbnails:

Cam 1, 21:44:18

Cam 1, 21:44:28

Cam 1, 21:44:36

Cam 1, 21:44:45

Cam 1, 21:44:54

Cam 1, 21:45:02

Cam 2, 21:44:18

Cam 2, 21:44:39

Cam 2, 21:44:59

Cam 2, 21:45:17

Cam 2, 21:45:35

Cam 2, 21:45:52

Mission day 11 | 12 Jul 2019 at 22:11

Full-resolution images (click to enlarge):

Cam 2, 22:11:58

Thumbnails:

Cam 1, 22:11:58

Cam 1, 22:12:08

Cam 1, 22:12:15

Cam 1, 22:12:26

Cam 1, 22:12:39

Cam 1, 22:12:49

Cam 2, 22:11:58

Cam 2, 22:12:13

Cam 2, 22:12:22

Cam 2, 22:12:30

Cam 2, 22:12:38

Cam 2, 22:12:43

Mission day 8 | 10 Jul 2019 at 02:39

Thumbnails:

Cam 1, 02:39:59

Cam 1, 02:40:07

Cam 1, 02:40:13

Cam 1, 02:40:22

Cam 1, 02:40:33

Cam 1, 02:40:42

Cam 2, 02:39:59

Cam 2, 02:40:11

Cam 2, 02:40:20

Cam 2, 02:40:28

Cam 2, 02:40:36

Cam 2, 02:40:41

Mission day 6 | 7 Jul 2019 at 23:32

Full-resolution images (click to enlarge):

Cam 1, 23:32:29

Cam 2, 23:32:05

Cam 2, 23:32:05

Thumbnails:

Cam 1, 23:32:05

Cam 1, 23:32:21

Cam 1, 23:32:29

Cam 1, 23:32:40

Cam 1, 23:32:49

Cam 1, 23:32:59

Cam 2, 23:32:05

Cam 2, 23:32:17

Cam 2, 23:32:27

Cam 2, 23:32:34

Cam 2, 23:32:41

Cam 2, 23:32:58

Mission day 4 | 6 Jul 2019 at 06:26

Thumbnails:

Cam 1, 06:26:13

Cam 1, 06:26:22

Cam 1, 06:26:32

Cam 1, 06:27:50

Cam 1, 06:27:59

Cam 1, 06:28:09

Cam 2, 06:26:13

Cam 2, 06:26:24

Cam 2, 06:26:33

Cam 2, 06:27:19

Cam 2, 06:27:30

Cam 2, 06:27:40

Mission day 4 | 6 Jul 2019 at 04:42

Full-resolution images (click to enlarge):

Cam 1, 04:42:13

Cam 2, 04:41:43

Cam 2, 04:41:43

Thumbnails:

Cam 1, 04:41:43

Cam 1, 04:41:58

Cam 1, 04:42:13

Cam 2, 04:41:43

Cam 2, 04:41:51

Cam 2, 04:41:59

Mission day 2 | 3 Jul 2019 at 23:46

Thumbnails:

Cam 1, 23:46:19

Cam 1, 23:46:36

Cam 1, 23:46:51

Cam 1, 23:48:12

Cam 1, 23:48:25

Cam 1, 23:48:43

Cam 2, 23:46:39

Cam 2, 23:46:56

Cam 2, 23:48:34

Cam 2, 23:48:50

Cam 2, 23:49:08