Beamed Propulsion: Out Of the Lab Into Space

Once fully deployed, the Cosmos 1 is then ready to be on the receiving end of a microwave beam. That microwave energy will be transmitted spaceward via a large radio dish in Goldstone, California - a powerful antenna that's part of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Deep Space Network.


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