Znamya (space mirror)

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Timpledon, Miriam T.; Marseken, Susan F.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.The Znamya project was a series of experimental orbital mirrors, designed to beam solar power to Earth by reflecting sunlight. It consisted of two experiments - the Znamya 2 experiment, and the failed Znamya 2.5 - and the proposed Znamya 3. The project was abandoned by the Russian Federal Space Agency after the failed deployment of the Znamya 2.5.The Znamya 2 was a 20-meter wide space solar mirror. Znamya-2 was launched aboard Progress-TM-15 from Baikonur on 27 October 1992. After visiting the EO-12 crew aboard the Mir space station the Progress-TM-15 then undocked and deployed the reflector from the end of the Russian progress spacecraft on February 4, 1993, next to the Russian Mir space station. The mirror deployed successfully, and, when illuminated, produced a 5 km wide bright spot, which traversed Europe from southern France to western Russia at a speed of 8 km/second.The bright spot had a luminosity equivalent to approximately that of a full moon.Although clouds covered much of Europe that morning, a few ground observers reported seeing a flash of light as the beam swept by.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 104
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786130979119
• ISBN-10: 6130979118
• Artikelnr.: 29849727