{"id":21736,"date":"2020-04-29T13:39:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T17:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=21736"},"modified":"2020-04-29T13:39:23","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T17:39:23","slug":"student-and-amateur-cubesat-news-roundup-april-29-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=21736","title":{"rendered":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup – April.29.2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

A sampling of recent articles, press releases, etc. related to student and amateur CubeSat<\/a> \/ SmallSat projects and programs (find previous smallsat roundups here<\/a>):<\/p>\n

** Quetzal-1 CubeSat<\/strong><\/a>, developed at the University del Valle de Guatemala, was deployed into orbit from the ISS yesterday<\/strong>.\u00a0 The project was sponsored by\u00a0 KiboCUBE<\/a>, a collaboration of the Japanese space program JAXA and United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA). Guatemala launches Quetzal-1 cube satellite through UNOOSA and JAXA KiboCUBE programme – Univ. Vienna<\/a> .<\/p>\n

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Deployement of Guatemala’s Quetzal-1 cubesat from the Japanese Kibo module on the ISS. Credits: JAXA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The satellite – Quetzal-1 – is Guatemala’s first and will unlock new possibilities for the country and help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The primary objective of the mission is to test a multispectral sensor to acquire remote sensing data for natural resource management. The sensor could be used to monitor water quality in inland water bodies, helping to achieve SDG Goal 6 – clean water and sanitation.<\/em><\/p>\n

The project supports SDG Goal 9 – industry, innovation and infrastructure – helping Guatemala develop its capacities in aerospace engineering and sparking innovations, such as the sensor created for the satellite. Women were an integral part of the winning team that engineered the satellite, contributing to SDG Goal 5 – gender equality.<\/em><\/p>\n

The project has been made possible thanks to the strong collaboration of several entities: UNOOSA, JAXA, UVG, the UK Space Agency, the University of Colorado, the University of Chile, TEC Costa Rica, and the University of W\u00fcrzburg among others. This is in line with SDG 17, partnership for the goals: international collaboration can unlock new frontiers in leveraging space for development.<\/em><\/p>\n

The KiboCUBE programme offers the opportunity for institutions from developing countries to develop a cube satellite to be deployed from the ISS Japanese Experiment Module (Kibo). The programme, which recently completed its fifth round, enabled Kenya to deploy their first satellite in 2018, 1KUNS-PF, developed by a team from the University of Nairobi.<\/em><\/p>\n

Views of the deployment:<\/p>\n

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[#GuateVaAlEspacio<\/a>] \u00a1D\u00eda hist\u00f3rico para Guatemala! El #Quetzal1<\/a> ya est\u00e1 en su \u00f3rbita enviando se\u00f1ales desde el espacio a la estaci\u00f3n en Tierra de la Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. \u25ba https:\/\/t.co\/zZMP4b3Wdg<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/tRu6CVv7KU<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Guatevisi\u00f3n (@Guatevision_tv) April 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n