Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Go Guatemala!. Team ready for the launch. Credit: Ivan Castro
"Having this cubeSat in orbit changes everything. 5-6 years ago, this was for us a project without much credibility. Now the question we get is when are we going to deploy another satellite. The project caused a change in attitude among the university students, they do not see these ideas anymore as something illusory or unrealistic as they did before, but rather as something possible." "The same thing is happening on a wider scale in Guatemala"
Victor Hugo Ayerdi, co- project coordinator from Universidad del Valle de Guatemala.
"Without any doubt, without KiboCUBE, we would not have been able to put our first satellite in orbit in 2020. We are thankful to UNOOSA, JAXA, and all of the people and institutions who believed in this young group of trailblazers."
Luis Zea, co- project coordinator from Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
AWARDS
Mission e-patches awarded to Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
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KiboCUBE
The first satellite of Guatemala, Quetzal-1 has been deployed from the International Space Station on 29 April 2020 (click
here to watch the deployment from JAXA YouTube) thanks to
KiboCUBE. The initial goal of the team from Universidad del Valle de Guatemala was to design, develop, and operate a CubeSat-class satellite to test a multispectral sensor prototype, opening the field of space science & technology in Guatemala, developing the country's human capital, and enabling the independent acquisition of multispectral remote sensing data for natural resource management. Quetzal-1 was deployed in orbit on 28 April 2020.
About KiboCUBE
News
Activities
Publications
- Alvarez, D., Ayerdi, V., Bagur, J., Martínez, M., Miranda, E., Zea, L.
Esperanza desde el cielo, la historia del primer satélite guatemalteco , Editorial Universitaria UVG, 2021
- Miranda, E., Kuk, C., Ayerdi, V., Zea, L. (2020).
Quetzal-1 CubeSat's Command and Data Handling - Design and Development Considerations. 4th IAA Latin American CubeSat Workshop (LACW) Virtual Conference, Aug 3 - 6, 2020.
- Martínez, M., González, D., Rodríguez, D., Birnie, J., Bagur, J.A., Paz, R., Miranda, E., Solórzano, F., Esquit, C., Gallegos, J., Álvarez, E., Ayerdi, V.H., Zea, L. (2018).
Guatemala's Remote Sensing CubeSat - Tools and Approaches to Increase the Probability of Mission Success, 32nd Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Logan, Utah, August 4-10, 2018.
- Ayerdi, V. (2018).
Introducing Space Technology and Aerospace Engineering in Guatemala. United Nations Expert Meeting on Human Space Technology. Vienna, December 4-6, 2018.
- Zea, L., Chaves, A., Ayerdi, V., Carvajal, J. (2018).
A Multinational CubeSat for Forest Monitoring, UNOOSA / Brazil Symposium on Basic Space Technology. Natal, September 11-14, 2018.
- Gómez, M., García, B., Chaves, A., García, D., Carvajal-Godínez,J., Lara,J., Zea, L. (2017).
Mechanism of Cooperation for the Development of a Central American Space Project- A Regional CubeSat, 30th IAA Symposium on Space Policy, Regulations and Economics. UNOOSA, September 26, 2017.
- Zea, L., Ayerdi, V., Argueta. S., Muñoz, A. A
Methodology for CubeSat Mission Selection" , Journal of Small Satellites, Vol. 5, No. 3 October 2016
- Molina, J.C., Ayerdi, V., Zea, L. (2016).
Attitude Control Model for CubeSats, 2nd Latin American CubeSat Workshop, Florianopolis, Brasil, Febrero 28 - Marzo 2, 2016.
- Zea, L.,
Microbiological Experiments Onboard CubeSats A Review and Prospects, IAA-BR-14-13-03, 1st Latin American IAA CubeSat Workshop, Brasilia, Brasil, Diciembre 8-11, 2014
- Miranda, E., Flores, J., Molina, J.C., Perez, J., Ayerdi, V., Zea, L.,
Design and Development of Guatemala's first CubeSat, IAA-BR-14-05-06, 1st Latin American IAA CubeSat Workshop, Brasilia, Brasil, Diciembre 8-11, 2014
- Zea, L., Ayerdi, V., Argueta, S., Muñoz, A.,
CubeSat Applications and their Potential Benefits, IAA-BR-14-03-02, 1st Latin American IAA CubeSat Workshop, Brasilia, Brasil, Diciembre 8-11, 2014
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