Preparations and testing in advance of the Planetary Societys orbital solar sail mission called Cosmos 1 are making progress in Russia, officials report. The first-ever solar sail is scheduled for launch no earlier than September aboard a Russian submarine-launched Volna rocket. Cosmos 1s recent milestones have included the engineering models completion of launch vibration tests that simulate the environment the spacecraft will endure during the launch and other critical phases of the flight.
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