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== Other aspects == Besides the main spacecraft, launched in June 2005, the Cosmos 1 project has funded two other craft: * A [[sub-orbital spaceflight|suborbital]] test was attempted in 2001 with only two sail blades. The spacecraft failed to separate from the rocket. * A second orbital spacecraft ([[LightSail-1]]) was launched <ref>{{cite journal|last=Friedman|first=Louis|author-link=Louis Friedman|date=November–December 2009|title=LightSail: A New Way and a New Chance to Fly on Light|journal=The Planetary Report|volume=XXIX|issue=6|pages=4–9|publisher=The Planetary Society|location=Pasadena, California|issn=0736-3680|oclc=7546430}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://sail.planetary.org/missioncontrol|title=Mission Control Center|publisher=The Planetary Society|access-date=2015-05-22}}</ref> in May 2015. One of ''Cosmos 1'' solar-sail blades was displayed at the [[Rockefeller Center]] office complex in [[New York City]] in 2003.
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