1998-067UU - Norad Identifikationsnummer: 55127
| Name im Katalog Spacetrack | DANTESAT |
| Alternative Bezeichnung | 1998-067UU |
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| Tage im Orbit | 8845 |
| Herkunftsland/-organisation | Włochy (IT) |
| Wir analysieren den polnischen Text, der 'Miejsce startu' lautet. | TYMSC (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan) |
| Perygeum | 392 km |
| Apogäum | 393 km |
Provide a cultural dissemination about Dante Alighieri Divine Comedy; the entire opera is engraved on metallic boards on the satellite. \r\nThe 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. \r\nIt additionally transmits housekeeping data through the beacon to the radioham community, which can interrogate the spacecraft making use of both its frequencies.