NINA-1 and NINA-2,were developed to study low energy solar and galactic cosmic rays. The two instruments consisted of 32 planes of silicon sensor. NINA-1 flew as a “piggy back” of the Resurs-01 n.4 Russian satellite in the years 1998-1999, while NINA-2 was launched in orbit in July 2000 on board of the Italian satellite MITA and was in operation during the years 2000-2001.
