MIMOSA

MIMOSA

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. Unfortunatelly the satellite never became fully functional due to the several technical problems on board.

External links

* [http://www.asu.cas.cz/~bezdek/density_therm/mimosa/ Informative English page]
* [http://www.dlr.de/iaa.symp/archive_3/pdf/0802.pdf A paper by the team (PDF)]
* [http://www.geocities.com/npmar1a/mimosa.htm A free paper model of MIMOSA to download and build]


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