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Volna
Space launch vehicle Volna ( "wave"), is a converted Submarine-launched ballistic missile used for launching satellites into orbit. It is based on the R-29R designed by State Rocket Center Makayev and related to the Shtil' Launch Vehicle . The Volna is a 3-stage launch vehicle that uses liquid propellant. The warhead section is used for the payloads that can be either put into orbit with the help of an additional boost engine or travel along a sub-orbital trajectory to be recovered at the landing site. Volna
project to "Cosmos 1"a solar sail spacecraft designed by The Planetary Society in the early 2000s which was destroyed during a launch failure in 2005.
Both LightSail spacecraft measure in their stowed configuration. After sail deployment, the total area of each spacecraft is .
History.
In 2005, The Planetary Society attempted to send a solar sail satellite named "Cosmos 1" into space, but the spacecraft's Russian Volna launch vehicle failed to reach orbit. In 2009, the Society began working on a CubeSat-based solar