Kosmos-3M
SuccessCHAMP & MITA · Production Corporation Polyot
Launch time (NET)
Saturday, Jul 15, 2000, 12:00 UTC
Launch window
Saturday, Jul 15, 2000, 12:00 UTC – Saturday, Jul 15, 2000, 12:00 UTC
Provider
Production Corporation Polyot
Rocket
Launch pad
132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
CHAMP & MITA
Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
CHAMP (Challenging Mini-Satellite Payload) is a German small satellite mission for geoscientific and atmospheric research and applications, managed by GFZ. MITA carries the payload NINA-2 for the study of solar and galactic cosmic rays. The detector used in this mission is identical to the one already flying on the Russian satellite Resurs-O1 4 in a 840 km sunsynchronous orbit, but makes use of the extensive computer and telemetry capabilities of MITA bus to improve the active data acquisition time.
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