SETI public: Fw: Solar Sail Update: Critical Milestone Achieved

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From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Fri Aug 13 2004 - 15:43:54 PDT

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    Subject: Solar Sail Update: Critical Milestone Achieved

    COSMOS 1 - SOLAR SAIL UPDATE
    August 2004
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    PROJECT DIRECTOR UPDATE
    COSMOS 1: THE WORLD'S FIRST SOLAR SAIL SPACECRAFT
    ACHIEVES CRITICAL MILESTONE

    With the delivery of all electronic systems, Cosmos 1
    -- the world's first solar sail craft -- achieved a critical
    milestone in its countdown towards its launch later this year or
    early in 2005.

    The world's first solar sail craft is nearing completion.
    All electronic systems are now flight qualified and were
    delivered to the spacecraft for final assembly and
    testing. We achieved this milestone on August 5, 2004,
    after weeks of testing at the Space Research Institute
    (IKI) in Moscow. We then shipped the parts to NPO
    Lavochkin (approximately 50 kilometers on the other
    side of Moscow), where they are now being integrated
    on the spacecraft.

    This long-anticipated milestone permits us to begin
    the final assembly of the spacecraft.

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