MACEK
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| Operator |  Astronomical Institute of CAS |
|---|---|
| Instrument type | Accelerometer |
| Properties | |
| Number launched | 3 |
| Host spacecraft | |
| COSPAR ID | 1992-033A 1996-057A 2003-031B |
MACEK (or MAC-03) is a microaccelerometer instrument developed by the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences for measuring non-gravitational perturbations in spaceflight such as atmospheric drag and lift or radiation pressure.[1][2][3][4] Iterations of the instrument flew on three orbital missions: the Russian satellite Resurs-F15 in 1992, the Space Shuttle flight STS-79 in 1996, and the Czech satellite MIMOSA in 2003.[1][5][6][7][8][9][10] The asteroid 29555 MACEK, discovered at Kleť Observatory in 1998, was named after this instrument.[11][12]
See also
[edit]- List of Czech satellites
- FREYA – Czech scientific hyperspectral camera
References
[edit]- 1 2 "MIMOSA (Microaccelerometric Measurements of Satellite Accelerations)". eoPortal.
- ↑ "Microaccelerometric Satellite Mimosa (Micro-Measurement of Satellite Accelerations)", COSPAR Colloquia Series, vol. 10, Elsevier, pp. 160–169, 1999, doi:10.1016/S0964-2749(99)80021-3, ISBN 978-0-444-50196-7, retrieved 2026-10-09
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link) - ↑ Sehnal, L.; Peřestý, R. (1993). Montag, Horst; Reigber, Christoph (eds.). "In-Orbit Testing of the "MACEK" Microaccelerometer". Geodesy and Physics of the Earth. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer: 129–132. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-78149-0_32. ISBN 978-3-642-78149-0.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link) - ↑ Sehnal, L.; Vokrouhlicky, D. (1995). "Model of non-gravitational perturbations for CESAR experiment with MACEK accelerometer". Advances in Space Research. 16 (12): 3–13. doi:10.1016/0273-1177(95)98770-O.
- ↑ "Resurs-F1 (17F43)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- ↑ "Resurs-F 15". Archived from the original on 2026-10-09.
- ↑ "Kosmonautika XIV - ČR opět zamířila do kosmu". www.hvezdarna-vsetin.cz. Archived from the original on 11 February 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- ↑ "Mimosa". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- ↑ Sehnal, L; Peřestý, R; Pospı́šilová, L; Kohlhase, A (2000). "Dynamical microaccelerometric measurements on board space shuttle". Acta Astronautica. 47 (1): 27–34. doi:10.1016/S0094-5765(00)00011-4.
- ↑ "MEK - Mikroakcelerometr Macek". mek.kosmo.cz. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- ↑ "IAU Minor Planet Center". www.minorplanetcenter.net. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- ↑ "Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
