Mita

Microsatellite Italiano di Technologia Avanzata

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General

Designation	26404 / 00039B
Launch date	14 Jul 2000
Country of origin	Italy
Mission	Scientific
Perigee/Apogee	422/476 km
Inclination	87.3°
Period	93.6 min
Launch vehicle	Cosmos C
Launch site	Plesetsk

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).

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External resources

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	Carlo Gavazzi Space
Platform	Mita
Mass at launch	170 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime	3 years

Carries MTS-AOMS, an advanced device for attitude control.

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