CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0212
MITA-O (NINA)
MITA-O (NINA) (NORAD 26404) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 August 2001, after 1 year, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26404
International designator
2000-039A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Italy
Launched
15 Jul 2000Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Aug 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 1 month396 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
87.2°N to 87.2°SFinal inclination 87.2°
Mass
177 kg
Operator
ASI
Built by
CGS
Bus
MITA
Programme
ASI
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 87.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 87.2°N and 87.2°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 1 monthMITA-O (NINA)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2000-039
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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