ALMASat-1
Politecnico di Milano - PoliSpace
First Italian university satellite, a microsatellite developed by Politecnico di Milano and launched in 2012.
Technical specifications
- Type
- Microsatellite
- Mass
- 12.5 kg
- Launch
- February 13, 2012
- Launch vehicle
- Vega (VV01)
- Orbit
- LEO, SSO ~1450 km
- Mission
- Technology demonstration
- Notable
- First Italian university satellite
About
ALMASat-1 (Alma Mater Satellite) is a microsatellite developed by Politecnico di Milano in collaboration with the University of Bologna. Launched on February 13, 2012 aboard a Vega rocket as a secondary payload, it became the first Italian university satellite in orbit. The satellite demonstrated technologies for small spacecraft systems and served as a platform for student education in satellite engineering.
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