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LJK — (archived)

The launch of the Cosmos 1 solar sail mission is now set for March 1, 2005.

Yesterday, on what would have been Carl Sagan's 70th birthday, they started the countdown for the launch date. You can read about that in the next two items:

http://www.planetary.org/news/2004/ss_launch_set_1109.html

* Planetary Society's Cosmos 1 Solar Sail Ready for Flight

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/cosmos-1_update_041109.html

A clicking countdown clock has started, leading to a liftoff of the orbital mission of Cosmos 1 -- billed as the world's first solar sail spacecraft.

For some background on Cosmos 1 from 2003, read here:

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10214315&BRD=1395&PAG=461&dept_id=216620&rfi=6

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