2005 · Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau
Cosmos-1
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Cosmos 1 was a project by Cosmos Studios and The Planetary Society to test a solar sail in space. As part of the project, an unmanned solar-sail spacecraft named Cosmos 1 was launched into space at 15:46:09 EDT (19:46:09 UTC) on June 21, 2005 from the submarine Borisoglebsk in the Barents Sea. However, a rocket failure prevented the spacecraft from reaching its intended orbit.
Overview
- Date / time
- June 21, 2005 at 07:46 PM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Borisoglebsk (K-496)
- Mission
- Cosmos-1
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit