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ALMASat

Spacecraft Summary

Common Name:  ALMASat     Satellite Type:  Microsatellite    
Launch Date:  TBD     Launch Location:  Baikonur Cosmodrome    
Launch Vehicle:  Dnepr     Dimensions:  30 x 30 x 30    
Weight:  25.000 Kg    
Organization: University of Bologna
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Detailed Description

The AlMaSat project, started in 2003 at University of Bologna in Forlì, Italy and is coordinated by Dr. Paolo Tortora. The first ALMASat (ALma MAter SATellite) demonstration mission is due for launch on first quarter 2006 on board a DNEPR missile. Among the possible future applications, there is the on-orbit experimentation of a passive electro-dynamic de-orbiting system, jointly developed by Alenia Spazio (Turin plant) and the University of Rome “la Sapienza”.

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