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Cosmos-1
Launch FailureLaunch Details
Date: 21 June 2005, 07:46 pm UTC
Rocket: Volna
Provider: Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau
Mission
Type: Earth Science
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Borisoglebsk (K-496), Sea Launch
Mission Description
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.