http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/06/21/russia.cosmos.reut/index.html
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- The world's first solar sail spacecraft
takes flight on
Tuesday, launched by space enthusiasts who cobbled the privately funded mission
together on $4
million and an untested theory that
Hi,
Today's launch of the Solar Sail spacecraft aboard a Cosmos 1 /
Volna rocket from a Russian submarine for the operators (The Planetary
Society) appeared to go well, but telemetry is not established and
orbital confirmation has yet to me made. Trouble in paradise.
It seems like
Thanks for the link, Sterling. Jerry
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From: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 7:07 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] SOLAR SAIL LAUNCHES, BUT...
Hi,
Today's launch of the Solar
Hi,
12 minutes ago (at the moment I started to type this), the Times
(London, that is) reported the apparent failure of the Russian booster to
put the Cosmos 1 Solar Sail spacecraft into orbit.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1664374,00.html
I quote: The launch of Cosmos 1 was
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