STECCO

STECCO is in orbit!

Radio Amateurs can find further information on how to contact STECCO on the Radio Amateurs dedicated page.

STECCO (Space Travelling Egg-Controlled Catadioptric Object) is a nanosatellite composed by 6 PocketQube units (5x5x5 cm³) with a total mass of 0.85 kg and an envelope of 5x5x30 cm³.

The primary goal of STECCO project is educational. STECCO has been developed by the students of the Special Master of Aerospace Engineering offered by School of Aerospace Engineering (Sapienza University of Rome), who designed the satellite structure, implemented the flight software, programmed the mission profile and managed the integration and testing, under the supervision of the professors and researchers of the School.

The satellite will be launched in a sun-synchronous orbit with a mean altitude of 550 km and inclination of 98 degrees, released from UNISAT-7 by Gauss s.r.l.

STECCO has a radioham digipeater which is active by default and can be accessed by any radioamateur. All the data sent by STECCO are clear and public and the instructions for the interpretation of the raw telemetry data are given here.

STECCO aims to the achievement of common goals of enhancing and disseminating scientific culture in general and that of Aerospace Sciences in particular, promoting the interest of new generations in the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) disciplines as agreed in the Memorandum of Understanding between SIA and AMSAT Italia.