MIMOSA
Official name MIMOSA
Alternative name Mimosa
Cospar ID 2003-031B
Norad ID 27841
Launch date 2003-06-30
Launch site PKMTR
Launch vehicle Rokot-KM
Country/Organization Czechoslovakia
Type application Atmosphere density
Operator Astronomical Insitute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Astronomicky ustav AV CR)
RCS size MEDIUM
Decay date 2011-12-11
Shape Poly
Mass (kg) 65
Height (m) 0.6
Width (m) 0.6
Depth (m) 0.6
Span (m^2) 0.6
Contractors Space Devices Ltd. of Praha
Equipment Accelerometer
Propulsion None
Configuration Polyhedron
Power Solar cells, batteries

MIMOSA (Micro Measurements Of Satellite Acceleration) is a microsatellite to measure atmospheric drag.

The only scientific payload is an electrostatically compensated, six degrees of freedom accelerometer with cubic proof-mass. The accelerometer can detect quasi-steady accelerations of extremely low magnitude of about 10-11 ms-2. The accelerometer is mounted at the center of gravity of the MIMOSA satellite.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
MIMOSA 2003-031B 2003-06-30 PKMTR Rokot-KM with MOST, CanX 1, AAU-Cubesat, DTUSat, XI-IV, CUTE 1, QuakeSat, Monitor-E GVM