Munin Spacecraft - Nanosats Database

Name	Munin
Type	Nanosatellite
Units or mass	6 kg
Status	Was operational until 2001-02-12.
Launched	2000-11-21
NORAD ID	26621
Deployer	Custom
Launcher	Delta II
Organisation	Swedish Institute of Space Physics
Institution	Institute
Entity type	Government (Civil / Military)
Headquarters	Sweden
Partners	Luleå University of Technology, Umeå University
Oneliner	Collect data on auroral activity to predict space weather.
Description	Collect data on the auroral activity on both the northern and southern hemispheres, such that a global picture of the current state of activity can be made available on-line. The data acquired by Munin will then serve as an input to the prediction of space weather. Collect data on the auroral activity on both the northern and southern hemispheres. Combined electron and ion spectrometer, an instrument first to be flown on the Swedish Astrid-2 mission. In addition it will measure high energy particles with a solid state detector, and image the aurora with a miniature CCD camera.
Failure cause	Likely to boot PROM failure after manual CPU reset.
Sources	[1] [2]
Photo sources	[1]

Last modified: 2023-06-08