Mimosa
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- For other uses, see Mimosa (disambiguation).
| Organization | Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic |
|---|---|
| Contractor | Space Devices |
| Mission Type | Astronomy |
| Launch | June 30, 2003 on Rockot |
| Launch site | Plesetsk Cosmodrome |
| Mission duration | 18 months |
| Mass | 66 kg |
| Webpage | [www.asu.cas.cz/english/new/MIMOSA/] |
| Orbital elements | |
| Semimajor Axis | 6948.57 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.036 |
| Inclination | 96.80° |
| Orbital Period | 96.07 minutes |
| Right ascension of the ascending node | 60° |
| Argument of perigee | |
| Instruments | |
| Accelerometer | 3-axis micro-accelerometer for measuring non-gravitational forces, accurate to about 10-11 ms-2 |
MIMOSA (Micromeasurements of Satellite Acceleration) is a Czech scientific microsatellite. The satellite is nearly spherical with 28 sides and carries a microaccelerometer to monitor the atmospheric density profile by sensing the atmospheric drag on the approximated sphere. It has a fairly eccentric orbit, with an initial perigee of 320 km and apogee of 845 km.
MIMOSA was launched alongside other miniature satellites including MOST and several CubeSat-based satellites.
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