DANTESat @ Nanosats Database

Name	DANTESat
Type	CubeSat
Units or mass	3U
Status	Reentry 2023-02-07. Was operational (Confirmation on TinyGS as of 2022-12-31)
Launched	2022-11-26
NORAD ID	55127
Deployer	NRCSD (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) [Quad-M]
Launcher	Falcon 9 (CRS-26)
Deployment	Deployed from ISS on 2022-12-29
Organisation	NPC Spacemind
Institution	Company
Entity	Commercial
Nation	Italy
Oneliner	Provide a cultural dissemination about Dante Alighieri Divine Comedy; the opera is engraved on metallic boards on the satellite.
Description	Provide a cultural dissemination about Dante Alighieri Divine Comedy; the entire opera is engraved on metallic boards on the satellite. The secondary aim of the satellite is the re-entry of the satellite by means of an End of Life system (i.e. drag sail) into the atmosphere and the consequently burning of the satellite, replicating Dantes descent into hell, in order to mitigate space debris problem. The satellite's radio transmits the first lines of the Divine Comedy in order to raise awareness and cultural knowledge related to the poet Dante Alighieri in occasion of his 700 years from his death. It additionally transmits housekeeping data through the beacon to the radioham community, which can interrogate the spacecraft making use of both its frequencies.
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Keywords	De-orbit device