Cosmos-1 solar sail spacecraft launches on Volna ICBM

The Planetary Society's Cosmos-1 solar sail spacecraft launched from a submerged Russian submarine in the Barents Sea at approximately 3:46 p.m. EDT June 21 atop a converted Volna intercontinental ballistic missile. At press time, mission controllers on the ground had not yet received a clear signal...

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