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... for Volume 59 59 '''Page ''' - 68-70 '''Year''' - 2006 '''Keywords''' - Beam driven sail, solar sail, Cosmos-1 '''JBIS Reference Code ''' - 2006.59.68 '''Number of Pages''' - 3 Abstract The Planetary Society planned to launch Cosmos-1, the first solar sail in 2005. We planned an experiment to irradiate the sail ...

... Abstract A companion paper has reviewed the various series of satellites launched using the small Cosmos-2/2M vehicle during 1961- 1977 1 . The present paper presents a review of the ...

... -63)'' Cosmos XVII launched into orbit by U.S.S.R. (apogee, 488 mi.; perigee, 161 mi.; period, 94.82 min.; inclination, 49°02' to equa­tor). As with previous Cosmos satellites, Tass ...

... were transmitted. Midcourse maneuvers were conducted Nova 12 and 14 and on Nov. 15 Luna XVII entered lunar orbit with 85-km (53-mi) altitude, 1-hr 56-min period, and ... scientific apparatus, instruments and control systems, and radio and TV devices. Lunokhod I left Luna XVII descent stage at 11:28 am Baikonur time (1:28 am EST) Nov. 17 by ... position" where it would remain stationary during lunar night and solar panels were closed. Luna XVII was first unmanned spacecraft to land on moon and deploy automatic lunar explorer. Last mission ...

... ­ticle densities. Data from this experiment would be compared with similar data obtained from EXPLORER XVII as it passed over Wallops Island at 198-mi. altitude during its 236th orbit of ... meeting. Based on preliminary data received one day after launch, God­dard scientists said EXPLORER XVII atmospheric structure satellite had sent back more than eight hours of scientific information on physics ...

... as helium, nitrogen, and oxygen. Under project management of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center , EXPLORER XVII was the first scientific earth satellite to use new pulse-code-modulation telemetry system, a ... the satellite was estimated at two-three months. ''(NASA Release 63-59; NASA Project EXPLORER XVII Prog. Rpt. No. l)'' U.S.S.R. announced successful launching of LUNIK IV probe ...

... delivered for testing in early 1971. U.S.S.R.'s 88 payloads included 72 Cosmos satellites, 2 Lunas, 1 Zond, 1 Soyuz , 1 Venus, 2 Intercosmos, 4 Meteors, and 5 ... Is. Unmanned Luna XVI landed on moon and returned to earth with lunar samples. Luna XVII landed on moon and released Lunokhod I unmanned explorer that traveled across lunar surface and ...

... temperature in the upper level of the atmosphere. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory scientists reported that Discoverer XVII nose cone (launched November 12, 1960, from Pacific Missile Range ) had picked up tritium—product ... at high energies. While recovered satellite capsules often pick up some tritium, capsule of Discoverer XVII had 100 times the normal amount. Secretary of Defense McNamara announced that progress of the ...

Capsule of DISCOVERER XVII ejected after 31 orbits and successfully snared at 9,000 feet by USAF C-119 ... USAF Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense carried in capsule recovered from DISCOVERER XVII . November 1960 November Nov 1 1960 1 Nov 2 1960 2 Nov 3 1960 3 ...

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