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Kosmos-3M | CHAMP & MITA

Name: Kosmos-3M | CHAMP & MITA
Start: 2000-07-15T12:00:00.000Z
End: 2000-07-15T12:00:00.000Z
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

July 15, 2000 at 12:00 PM UTC

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Mission imagery · Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

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July 15, 2000 at 12:00 PM UTC

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132/1 (132L)

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation · 62.8832, 40.8685

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Rocket: Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
Launch site: 132/1 (132L)
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: July 15, 2000 at 12:00 PM UTC
Window closes: July 15, 2000 at 12:00 PM UTC
Feed updated: June 14, 2023 at 3:43 AM UTC

Mission description

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.

Vehicle

Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

Kosmos · -3M

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Successful launches

423

Launch complex

132/1 (132L)

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport located in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, about 800 km north of Moscow and approximately 200 km south of Arkhangelsk. Originally developed as an ICBM site for the R-7 missile, it also served for numerous satellite launches using the R-7 and other rockets. Its high latitude makes it useful only for certain types of launches, especially the Molniya orbits, so for much of the site's history it functioned as a secondary location, with most orbital launches taking place from Baikonur, in the Kazakh SSR. With the end of the Soviet Union, Baikonur became a foreign territory, and Kazakhstan charged $115 million usage fees annually. Consequently, Plesetsk has seen considerably more activity since the 2000s.

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