DANTESat

DANTESat
DANTESat
DANTESat
DANTESat
Name DANTESat
Form factor CubeSat
Units or mass 3U
Status Reentry 2023-02-07. Was operational until 2023-01-05? (Packets end on TinyGS as of 2023-12-20)
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 type Commercial
Headquarters Italy
Partners GP Advanced Projects
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.

Results

ARTICA deorbiting device. After successfully deploying its 2 sqm sail it is seamlessly and efficiently influencing the reentry rate as expected. 

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Keywords De-orbit device

Last modified: 2023-12-22

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