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| Title: | Space Exploration |
| Notice: | Shuttle launch schedules, see Note 6 |
| Moderator: | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN |
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| Created: | Mon Feb 17 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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894.0. "Russia's CORONAS 1 Solar Probe" by VERGA::KLAES (Be Here Now) Fri Mar 04 1994 14:36
Article: 7485
From: [email protected] (AP)
Newsgroups: clari.world.europe.western,clari.news.hot.ussr,clari.news.gov.usa
Subject: Russia Launches Sun Satellite
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 94 12:30:17 PST
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia launched a Coronas-1 space probe
Wednesday to study the Sun, as part of a project with Ukraine, the
United States, France, and other international partners.
The ITAR-Tass news agency said researchers hope to learn more
about the Sun's internal structure and discover what causes the
repeated spurts of matter from the Sun.
Although scientists have been studying the Sun for centuries,
there are many questions that remain to be answered about the closest
star to Earth, said Viktor Orayevesky, scientific head of the project.
The satellite, launched from Russia's northern military space
facility at Plesetsk, is the first in a series to be sent by the
Coronas International project.
ITAR-Tass said Ukraine built the booster and satellite shell
and Russia supplied most of its internal mechanisms. Other contributors
included Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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