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Jul 20, 2001
Cosmos 1 Solar Sail Test Flight Launches As PlannedThere has been some speculation that the Cosmos 1 spacecraft and capsule may not have separated from the upper stage of the rocket, but this has not been confirmed by the project team.
Jul 17, 2001
Solar Sail Test Flight Launches From Russian Arctic July 20The deployment test flight for the Cosmos 1 Solar Sail project has been re-scheduled to launch on July 20, 2001 at 4:33 AM (Moscow time), which is July 19, 2001 at 5:33 PM (California time).
Jul 11, 2001
Cosmos 1 Solar Sail Sub-Orbital Test Flight: All Systems Go For July 19th LaunchThe spacecraft is fully repaired and tested after being damaged in a pre-launch test on April 9.
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