Re: Cosmos 1

From: Leo Barhorst (leobarhorst@zonnet.nl)
Date: Wed Jul 18 2001 - 11:28:05 PDT

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Kevin,

If it is SUB-orbital it will never reach a ORBIT !!
You probably would say that the maximum height will be 412 km.
See:
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/solar_sail_010717.html
Greetings
Leo Barhorst

----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Fetter <kevin_fetter@hotmail.com>
> The cosmos 1 solar sail sat is going to be launched July 19 for a
suborbital
> test flight.
> It says it will reach a orbit of around 412 km.
>
>


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