Satellites

Payload

MITA-O (NINA)

DecayedPayloadLEO

MITA-O (NINA) is a Italy payload satellite, launched on July 15, 2000 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
July 15, 2000 at 12:00 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Operator
Production Corporation Polyot
Mission
CHAMP & MITA

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
143 km
Periapsis
128 km
Inclination
87.23°
Orbital period
87.2 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Italy
Launch mass
177 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2000-039A
NORAD catalog №
26404
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
ItalyItaly
Radar cross-section
2.6401 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
August 15, 2001

End of mission

Last active / ended
August 15, 2001
Time in service
1.1 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed