Volna | Cosmos-1

Volna

Jun 21, 7:46 PM UTC

Mission Elapsed Time

T-00:00:00

Mission Details

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.

Type: Earth Science
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

Pad: Borisoglebsk (K-496)
Location: Sea Launch
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