Title
Promotion of aerospace technolgy in Bolivia
Date Issued
01 January 2014
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Escuela Militar de Ingeniería
Publisher(s)
International Astronautical Federation, IAF
Abstract
The development of the aerospace industry brings a lot of technology for people to use in everyday life. In issues of satellite technology, Bolivia is developing its expertise in the area, with the creation of the Bolivian Space Agency (ABE), with the launch of its first telecommunications satellite Túpac Katari (TKSat), with the training of Bolivian professionals and the creation of two ground stations. Also, the Bolivian Space Agency announced the country's willingness to purchase a remote sensing satellite in the near future. But Bolivia must move from being a country dependent on others, to being a country applying the learned theory, a country with capacity to do research activities and to be able to develop its own technology, because it has the human resource to meet this challenge. It has been observed in recent years that the nano-satellite technology in South America has been having a remarkable growth, beginning in 2007 when Colombia launched the first nano-satellite called Libertad I; continuing with this technological raid, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Uruguay, and Peru also launched their nano-satellites. Taking this into account, it is necessary to promote and develop aerospace technology in students, professionals and the general public of Bolivia. The military School of Engineering with help of the students has organized the First Bolivian Congress in Aerospace Technology - ABC (Aerospace Bolivian Conference). Also the development of a nano-satellite is proposed to acquire knowledge on this issue and especially so that Bolivia can acquire its own access to space.
Start page
3349
End page
3354
Volume
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería aeroespacial
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84938075790
ISSN of the container
00741795
ISBN of the container
9781634399869
Conference
Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC: 65th International Astronautical Congress 2014: Our World Needs Space, IAC 2014
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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