Advances for the first central-Am erica satellite: Providing solutions to the challenges of enviromental monitoring in tropical developing countries

Luis Carlos Rosales-Aipi'zar, Julio Cesar Calvo-Alvarado, Ana Julieta Calvo-Obando, Arys Carrasquilla-Batista, Adotfo Chaves Jimenez, Carlos Aivarado-Briceno

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Abstract

Costa Rica Institute of Technology (TEC) is a public university dedicated to research on multiple science and engineering fields and has participated on IAC-13 and I AC-14 jointly with the Central American Association for Aeronautics and Space (ACAE), to develop the first Costa Rican's CubeSat space mission, aiming to generate new knowledge and to build the right momentum for the promotion of aerospace engineering in the Central American region. Through 2015, TEC has approved resources to start building the first phase of the project, which consists of supporting the scientific mission on the terrestrial surface for the design and construction of adequate technology to measure and track the growth of the tropical forest and weather variables and use them as a mechanism to estimate climate change impacts on the forest and its CO2 fixation capabilities. While scientific team works on technology adaptation for this purpose, the aerospace and project planning engineering group has continued efforts to design and conduct space mission execution as per internationally accepted standards and procedures. During 2015, the first phase of the space mission lifecycle has made a great progress. Hence, TEC is achieving its main goal by increasing new knowledge, skills and create learning experiences through the process of building a CubeSat as a service for the study climate change and carbon sequestration by forest biomass.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication66th International Astronautical Congress 2015, IAC 2015
Subtitle of host publicationSpace - The Gateway for Mankind's Future
PublisherInternational Astronautical Federation, IAF
Pages4298-4302
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781510818934
StatePublished - 2015
Event66th International Astronautical Congress 2015: Space - The Gateway for Mankind's Future, IAC 2015 - Jerusalem, Israel
Duration: 12 Oct 201516 Oct 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
Volume6
ISSN (Print)0074-1795

Conference

Conference66th International Astronautical Congress 2015: Space - The Gateway for Mankind's Future, IAC 2015
Country/TerritoryIsrael
CityJerusalem
Period12/10/1516/10/15

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