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PASADENA, California — The Cosmos solar sail is missing
\n shortly after its launch from a Russian nuclear submarine.<\/p>\n
The $4 million Cosmos 1 spacecraft blasted off atop a converted Russian
\n missile at approximately 12:46 p.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday, but ground
\n tracking stations failed to pick up its signal after an initial burst of
\n data, according to mission controllers. <\/p>\n
The U.S. Strategic Command, which monitors launches, also could not detect the
\nspacecraft at its expected position in orbit.<\/p>\n
"The news is not good," said Cosmos 1 project operations manager Jim
\nCantrell. "On
\nthe other hand, we do not have direct evidence of a failure" It’s worrisome
\nand it’s not what we hoped to have happen."<\/p>\n
One wonders exactly why they decided to launch the thing from Wired News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PASADENA, California — The Cosmos solar sail is missing shortly after its launch from a Russian nuclear submarine. The $4 million Cosmos 1 spacecraft blasted off atop a converted Russian missile at approximately 12:46 p.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday, but … Continue reading
\n from a Russian missle submarine. It was probably on special…<\/em><\/p>\n