CollaborationsCollaborations

Italy• Roma University• Trieste University• Florence University • Bari University

Russia• Cosmic Ray

Laboratory, Moscow Engineering and Physics Institute

Where Was I Hiding?Where Was I Hiding?

NINA 1• The Baikonur launch

facility in Russia • 10th of July 1998 • August 31st , 1998

NINA 2• The cosmodrome of

Plesetsk in Russia• July the 15th, 2000

GoalsGoals

• NINA has been built in order to investigate the nuclear and isotopic composition of low energy cosmic particles, by means of two satellite missions, NINA 1 and NINA 2.

NINA 1NINA 1

InstrumentationInstrumentation LaunchLaunch

ResultsResults

InstrumentationInstrumentation

• Silicon Detector (Box D1)

• On-board computer (Box D2)

• Power supply (Box P)

• Interface computer (Box E)

• Resurs-01-N4 Satellite

Silicon DetectorSilicon Detector

On-Board ComputerOn-Board Computer

Interface ComputerInterface Computer

Duties

• Receiving data from box D2 (On-Board Computer)

• Re-coding the data from D2 in a format which is compatible with adding information of telemetry and the UT (Universal Time) to each event

• Receiving telecommands from the satellite related to the box E status

• Delivery of the final data to the telemetry of the satellite

Power SupplyPower Supply

Resurs-01-N4 SatelliteResurs-01-N4 Satellite

LaunchLaunch

ResultsResults

Galactic Cosmic Ray’s ResultsGalactic Cosmic Ray’s Results

Galactic Cosmic Ray’s ResultsGalactic Cosmic Ray’s Results

Solar Energetic Particle’s ResultsSolar Energetic Particle’s Results

NINA 2NINA 2

InstrumentationInstrumentation LaunchLaunch

ResultsResults

InstrumentationInstrumentation

Silicon DetectorSilicon Detector

MITA SatelliteMITA Satellite

LaunchLaunch

ResultsResults

ResultsResults

The Last WordThe Last Word