13-531: (Redirected from Space Mirror ) Can refer to: Znamya , an orbital space mirror Space mirror (climate engineering) Space Mirror Memorial , an astronaut memorial at the Kennedy Space Center Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Space mirror . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
26-410: A few ground observers reported seeing a flash of light as the beam swept by. The mirror was de-orbited after several hours and burned up in atmospheric reentry over Canada. The Znamya mirror had originally been designed as a prototype of a solar sail propulsion system, but was repurposed as a space mirror for illumination when interest in solar sails flagged. The Znamya 2.5 was a successor to
39-642: Is a command center for the Chinese space program which includes the Shenzhou missions. The building is inside a complex nicknamed Aerospace City. The city is located in a suburb northwest of Beijing. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California manages all of NASA's uncrewed spacecraft outside Earth's orbit and several research probes within along with the Deep Space Network from
52-782: Is handed over to NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas (abbreviated MCC-H, full name Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center ), at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston also manages the U.S. portions of the International Space Station (ISS). The Mission Control Center of the Russian Federal Space Agency ( Russian : Центр управления полётами ), also known by its acronym ЦУП ("TsUP")
65-748: Is located in Korolyov , near the RKK Energia plant. It contains an active control room for the ISS. It also houses a memorial control room for the Mir where the last few orbits of Mir before it burned up in the atmosphere are shown on the display screens. The Mission Control Center of the Indian Space Research Organisation is located at Satish Dhawan Space Centre , Sriharikota, India. Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center
78-568: The Znamya 2, which was deployed on 5 February 1999. It had a diameter of 25 m, and was expected to produce a bright spot 7 km in diameter, with luminosity between five and ten full moons. However, soon after deployment, the mirror caught on an antenna on the Progress, and ripped. After several vain attempts by Russian mission control to free the mirror from the antenna, the Znamya 2.5 was de-orbited, and burned up upon reentry . The Znamya 3
91-520: The end of the mission. It is part of the ground segment of spacecraft operations. A staff of flight controllers and other support personnel monitor all aspects of the mission using telemetry , and send commands to the vehicle using ground stations . Personnel supporting the mission from an MCC can include representatives of the attitude control system , power , propulsion , thermal, attitude dynamics , orbital operations and other subsystem disciplines. The training for these missions usually falls under
104-529: The failed Znamya 2.5 , plus the proposed Znamya 3 . After the failed deployment of the Znamya 2.5 the project was abandoned by the Russian Federal Space Agency . The Znamya 2 was a 20-metre wide space solar mirror . Znamya-2 was launched aboard Progress M-15 from Baikonur on 27 October 1992. After visiting the EO-12 crew aboard the Mir space station the Progress T-15 then undocked and deployed
117-477: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Space_mirror&oldid=1007505100 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Znamya (space mirror) The Znamya project ( Russian : Знамя, meaning "Banner", Russian: [ˈznamʲə] )
130-577: The reflector from the end of the Russian Progress spacecraft on 4 February 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/s. The bright spot had a luminosity equivalent to approximately that of a full moon . Although clouds covered much of Europe that morning,
143-632: The responsibility of the flight controllers, typically including extensive rehearsals in the MCC. United States missions are, prior to liftoff, controlled from the Launch Control Center (LCC) located at NASA 's Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida . Responsibility for the booster and spacecraft remains with the Launch Control Center until the booster has cleared the launch tower. After liftoff, responsibility
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#1732798356337156-474: Was a series of orbital space mirror experiments in the 1990s that intended to beam solar power to Earth by reflecting sunlight . The project was the brain child of Vladimir Syromyatnikov , who served as the project's lead engineer. Originally devised as a solar sail , Syromyatnikov pivoted to using the proposed hardware as a space mirror. The project consisted of two experiments: the Znamya 2 experiment and
169-417: Was intended to be a scaled-up version of the previous two Znamyas, with a diameter of 60–70 metres. It was never built, as the project was abandoned after the failure of the Znamya 2.5. Mission Control Center A mission control center ( MCC , sometimes called a flight control center or operations center ) is a facility that manages space flights , usually from the point of launch until landing or
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