Meanwhile, the Planetary Society in the United States and private
Russian space organizations are developing Cosmos 1, the first fully functional solar sail.
The RadioAstron project is led by the Astro
Space Center of the Lebedev Physical Institute of the
Russian Academy of Sciences and the Lavochkin Scientific and Production Association under a contract with the State
Space Corporation ROSCOSMOS, in collaboration with partner
organizations in Russia and other countries.