Solar Sail (March 6, 2001 p. 26)
An article on solar sail in last week's issue (p. 26) mistakenly said a submarine-launched rocket had never reached orbit. On July 7, 1998, a Russian Delta IV-class submarine launched a SS-N-23 rocket to place the 22-lb. Tubsat-N communications relay satellite into a 480 X 248-mi. orbit (AW&ST July...
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