Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau
Cosmos-1
Volna
FAILURE
Failure
Tuesday, June 21, 2005 · 19:46 UTC
Mission
/01Cosmos 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.
Mission Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Failure
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Volna
Launch Pad
Borisoglebsk (K-496)
Sea Launch
74.000° N, 38.000° E
1
Pad Launches
18
Location Launches
2
Agency Launches
24
Orbital This Year