MITA

Italy

Spacecraft n°:

Italian spacecraft n°: 14

Mita = Microsatellite Italiano di Technologia Avanzata

Launch data:

Designation 26404 / 00039A
Launch date 15 Jul 2000 - 12:00 UT
Launch site Pl, LC132/1
Launch vehicle: Cosmos-3M (11K65M)
S/N° 47136-414
Mission Scientific
Earth orbit on:
Perigee/Apogee 422/476 km
Inclination 87.3°
Period 93.6 min

Has a scientific payload (Nina) built by the national nuclear physic institute of Rome. The main goal is to check the plaftorm for commercial usage but it will also observe energy particles in space and nuclei of light elements in the earth's atmosphere.

Owner: Italian Space Agency.

Future flights with payloads should be: Agile (gamma ray astronomy), Refir (Radiation Explorer in the Far IR), Status, Sage and Desertsat (Egytian satellite).

Specifications:

Prime contractor  
Platform Mita
Mass at launch 170 kg
Mass in orbit  
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Solar array  
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Decay:

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Descent date:  15 Aug 2001 - ~02:24 UT
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Mission details:

Ref: #3(SD350), #7, #15 - update: 17.08.08