AbstractThe satellite MITA, carrying on board the scientific payload NINA-2, was launched on July the 15th, 2000 from the cosmodrome of Plesetsk (Russia) with a Cosmos-3M rocket. The satellite and the payload are currently operating within nominal parameters. NINA-2 is the first scientific payload for the technological flight of the Italian small satellite MITA. The detector used in this mission is identical to the one already flying on the Russian satellite Resurs-O1 n.4 in a 840-km sun-synchronous orbit, but makes use of the extensive computer and telemetry capabilities of MITA bus to improve the active data acquisition time. NINA physics objectives are to study cosmic nuclei from hydrogen to iron in the energy range between 10 MeV/n and 1 GeV/n during the years 2000–2003, that is the solar maximum period. The device is capable of charge identification up to iron with isotope sensitivity up to oxigen. The 87.3 degrees, 460 km altitude polar orbit allows investigations of cosmic rays of solar and galactic origin, so to study long and short term solar transient phenomena, and the study of the trapped radiation at higher geomagnetic cutoff.


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    Titel :

    The small satellite NINA-MITA to study galactic and solar cosmic rays in low-altitude polar orbit


    Beteiligte:
    Furano, G. (Autor:in) / Bidoli, V. (Autor:in) / Casolino, M. (Autor:in) / De Pascale, M.P. (Autor:in) / Iannucci, A. (Autor:in) / Morselli, A. (Autor:in) / Picozza, P. (Autor:in) / Reali, E. (Autor:in) / Sparvoli, R. (Autor:in) / Bakaldin, A. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 31 , 2 ; 351-356


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2002-01-01


    Format / Umfang :

    6 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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