Production Corporation PolyotKosmos-3M (11K65M)132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
CHAMP & MITA
Launched
July 15, 2000
Image: Julio Perez Suarez
Summary
CHAMP & MITA launched on a Production Corporation Polyot Kosmos-3M (11K65M) from 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on July 15, 2000. It was Production Corporation Polyot's 35th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 4,408th orbital launch attempt. It was the 422nd Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). MITA, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 434 × 482 km orbit inclined 87.3°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M) · Production Corporation Polyot
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 422nd Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flight · 2nd this yearProduction Corporation Polyot's 35th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 4,408th orbital launch attempt41st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
MITA · NORAD 26404 · 2000-039 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- MITA-O (NINA)
- Object ID
- 2000-039A
- Epoch
- 2000-07-15 13:21:40 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.38310812 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0035039
- Inclination
- 87.2932°
- Ascending node
- 150.3899°
- Arg. of perigee
- 327.7611°
- Mean anomaly
- 32.1767°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.23293
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- MITA · NORAD 26404 · re-entered August 15, 2001
- CHAMP · NORAD 26405 · re-entered September 19, 2010
Kosmos-3M 36-414 Stage 2 · re-entered August 30, 2001
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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.
Pad
132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
190th launch from 132/1 (132L), 2nd this year · 1,509th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
212 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
17 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did CHAMP & MITA launch?
CHAMP & MITA launched on July 15, 2000. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch CHAMP & MITA?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched CHAMP & MITA?
Kosmos-3M (11K65M), flown by Production Corporation Polyot. Kosmos-3M (11K65M) spec sheet
Where did CHAMP & MITA launch from?
132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did CHAMP & MITA reach?
MITA, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 434 × 482 km orbit inclined 87.3°.
How many satellites did CHAMP & MITA launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).