Znamya - Revision history

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Ben: New page: {{Stub}} Znamya was a project to develop and test large spin stabilized thin-film mirrors in space. Two orbital experiments were performed, Znamya 2 and Znamya 2.5. Zna...

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New page: {{Stub}} Znamya was a project to develop and test large spin stabilized thin-film mirrors in space. Two orbital experiments were performed, Znamya 2 and Znamya 2.5. Zna...

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Znamya was a project to develop and test large [[Spin Stabilized|spin stabilized]] thin-film mirrors in space. Two orbital experiments were performed, Znamya 2 and Znamya 2.5. Znamya 2 was a success, deploying a 20-m spinning circular mirror from a Progress resupply spacecraft after it visited the Russian Mir space station. The Progress spacecraft was used to steer the sail, under control by cosmonauts onboard Mir, and reflect a spot of sunlight down on the Earth. Znamya 2.5 was built to be an improved version of Znamya 2. It failed to deploy completely.

==Links==
* [http://src.space.ru/ Space Regatta Consortium project description]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Znamya_%28space_mirror%29 Wikipedia article]
* [http://www3.ec-lille.fr/~u3p/textang/izamiaa.html Images and movies]
* [http://www.triz-journal.com/archives/2002/06/e/index.htm Analysis of the Znamya 2.5 failure]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/271224.stm BBC News coverage]
* [[News_Archive#February 5, 1999|February 5, 1999, news coverage]]
* [[News_Archive#February 4, 1999|February 4, 1999, news coverage]]

==News Coverage==

==References==

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+Znamya was a project to develop and test large [[Spin Stabilized|spin stabilized]] thin-film mirrors in space. Two orbital experiments were performed, Znamya 2 and Znamya 2.5. Znamya 2 was a success, deploying a 20-m spinning circular mirror from a Progress resupply spacecraft after it visited the Russian Mir space station. The Progress spacecraft was used to steer the sail, under control by cosmonauts onboard Mir, and reflect a spot of sunlight down on the Earth. Znamya 2.5 was a larger (25 m) improved version of Znamya 2. It failed to deploy completely when it caught on an antenna. Illumination of spots on Earth (without disruption of astronomy, ecology, etc.) was one application of the Znamya technology. Others included solar sails, space solar power, wake shields, micrometeoroid shields, antennas, and telescopes.
-Znamya was a project to develop and test large [[Spin Stabilized|spin stabilized]] thin-film mirrors in space. Two orbital experiments were performed, Znamya 2 and Znamya 2.5. Znamya 2 was a success, deploying a 20-m spinning circular mirror from a Progress resupply spacecraft after it visited the Russian Mir space station. The Progress spacecraft was used to steer the sail, under control by cosmonauts onboard Mir, and reflect a spot of sunlight down on the Earth. Znamya 2.5 was built to be an improved version of Znamya 2. It failed to deploy completely. Illumination of spots on Earth (without disruption of astronomy, ecology, etc.) was one application of the Znamya technology. Others included solar sails, space solar power, wake shields, micrometeoroid shields, antennas, and telescopes.
 <cite>Melnikovetal1998</cite>

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-Znamya was a project to develop and test large [[Spin Stabilized|spin stabilized]] thin-film mirrors in space. Two orbital experiments were performed, Znamya 2 and Znamya 2.5. Znamya 2 was a success, deploying a 20-m spinning circular mirror from a Progress resupply spacecraft after it visited the Russian Mir space station. The Progress spacecraft was used to steer the sail, under control by cosmonauts onboard Mir, and reflect a spot of sunlight down on the Earth. Znamya 2.5 was built to be an improved version of Znamya 2. It failed to deploy completely.
+Znamya was a project to develop and test large [[Spin Stabilized|spin stabilized]] thin-film mirrors in space. Two orbital experiments were performed, Znamya 2 and Znamya 2.5. Znamya 2 was a success, deploying a 20-m spinning circular mirror from a Progress resupply spacecraft after it visited the Russian Mir space station. The Progress spacecraft was used to steer the sail, under control by cosmonauts onboard Mir, and reflect a spot of sunlight down on the Earth. Znamya 2.5 was built to be an improved version of Znamya 2. It failed to deploy completely. Illumination of spots on Earth (without disruption of astronomy, ecology, etc.) was one application of the Znamya technology. Others included solar sails, space solar power, wake shields, micrometeoroid shields, antennas, and telescopes.
 <cite>Melnikovetal1998</cite>

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 Znamya was a project to develop and test large [[Spin Stabilized|spin stabilized]] thin-film mirrors in space. Two orbital experiments were performed, Znamya 2 and Znamya 2.5. Znamya 2 was a success, deploying a 20-m spinning circular mirror from a Progress resupply spacecraft after it visited the Russian Mir space station. The Progress spacecraft was used to steer the sail, under control by cosmonauts onboard Mir, and reflect a spot of sunlight down on the Earth. Znamya 2.5 was built to be an improved version of Znamya 2. It failed to deploy completely.
 ==Links==
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 * [http://www.triz-journal.com/archives/2002/06/e/index.htm Analysis of the Znamya 2.5 failure]
 * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/271224.stm BBC News coverage]
-* [[News_Archive#February 5, 1999|February 5, 1999, news coverage]]
+* From the [[News Archive]]:
-* [[News_Archive#February 4, 1999|February 4, 1999, news coverage]]
+** [[News_Archive#February 5, 1999|February 5, 1999]]
+** [[News_Archive#February 4, 1999|February 4, 1999]]
-==News Coverage==
+** [[News_Archive#February 3, 1999|February 3, 1999]]
 ==References==