Indeed it will be a nice visual satellite with a span of 30 meters. Perhaps even with flashes as the sails reflects the sunlight. Nice homepage, with several interesting articles. I just wonder why they couldn't come up with a more original name than Cosmos 1. Greetings and clear, dark skies Leo Barhorst, Medemblik NL Cospar 4252 52.76350 N 5.09114 E 2 m ASL http://www.home.zonnet.nl/leobarhorst/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Fetter" <kfetter@yahoo.com> To: <seesat-l@satobs.org> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 1:36 PM Subject: upcoming solar sail launch > On Mar 1 a Volna rocket will launch a satellite called cosmos 1 into a > approx 825 km high 78 > degree inclination orbit. > > http://www.planetary.org/solarsail/ > > This should make for a nice satellite. > > Kevin > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. > http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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