Title
Aerospace technology in Peru
Date Issued
01 January 2015
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Publisher(s)
International Astronautical Federation, IAF
Abstract
In recent years, Peru is trying to venture into the space age. Different universities as The Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP), Universidad Alas Peruanas (UAP), and the Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria (UNI); they designed the first Peruvian nanosatelites. These nanosatelites were CubeSats; it is a cubic shape and measures 10× 10 × 10 cm with a mass of 1 kg approximately. In other hand, Peru signed a contract for the purchase of a remote sensing satellite that will be launched into orbit in July 2016. Also, there are Peruvian professionals and students participating in different missions for simulating Mars exploration.
Start page
4292
End page
4297
Volume
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería aeroespacial
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84991458131
ISSN of the container
00741795
ISBN of the container
9781510818934
Conference
Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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