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| − | Cosmos 1 was a project that built and launched the first fully functional solar sail spacecraft on June 21, 2005. | + | {{Stub}} |
| − | + | Cosmos 1 was a project of [http://www.planetary.org/ the Planetary Society] that built and launched the first fully functional solar sail spacecraft on June 21, 2005. The launch vehicle failed to reach orbit. The Planetary Society has started a new solar sail project called [[LightSail]]. | |
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| + | * http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/space_missions/private_missions/cosmos1.html | ||
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos_1 | * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos_1 | ||
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[[Category:Past Missions]] | [[Category:Past Missions]] | ||
[[Category:Demonstration]] | [[Category:Demonstration]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:10, 14 December 2009
Cosmos 1 was a project of the Planetary Society that built and launched the first fully functional solar sail spacecraft on June 21, 2005. The launch vehicle failed to reach orbit. The Planetary Society has started a new solar sail project called LightSail.
