Aerospace, Cira di Capua signs contract for the launch of the Mini-Irene Flight Experiment (MIFE) sub-orbital capsule: the launch into orbit will take place at the “Esrange” launch base, in Kiruna, Sweden
Cira, the Italian Aerospace Research Center based in Capua (Caserta), has signed a contract with the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) for the launch in June 2022 of the Mini-Irene Flight Experiment (MIFE) capsule, which will take place at the “Esrange” launch base in Kiruna, Sweden.
Mini-Irene (from the Greek peace) was developed by Cira and the Neapolitan consortium company ALI– Aerospace Laboratories for Innovative components with its associates Euro.Soft, Lead Tech and SRS-ED; Neapolitan universities also collaborated.
Its development, with a total value of approximately two million euros, was funded by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the European Space Agency (ESA). The uniqueness of Mini-Irene lies in the use of conventional materials that, when expertly employed, provide a technology, economical and reliable, for re-entry from Space.
Cira and Ali are also developing the cargo bay of an orbital reentry system, which will host the first prototype of a biology experiment, “ReADI FP”, which will be launched in May this year aboard the International Space Station, aimed at preventing osteoporosis in space flights and improving osteoporotic therapies on Earth.
ReADI FP is part of the activities planned by the CA.DI.RA (Atmospheric Reentry Capsule) project, coordinated by Cira and Ali and funded by the Campania Region.
Article published on 25 February 2021 - 11:16
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