This deserves its own thread, the Znamya program was a Russian attempt to repurpose solar sail research into a space mirror. It consisted of:
Znamya 1, tech demonstrator, remained on Earth for its testing
Znamya 2, subscale prototype, successfully flown on a Progress mission in 1993
Znamya 2.5...
1990s
cccp
cold war
commonwealth of independent states
post-cold war
rosaviakosmos
rossiyskoyekosmicheskoyeagentstvo
russian federation
russian space agency
solar-powered
soviet union
space age
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