The Central American Association of Aeronautics and Space (ACAE) announced the development of a new project that will put Central America in space once again. This is the construction of a CubeSat (small satellite or nanosatellite) which will have the scientific mission to measure the exposure to floods of selected water basins in the Central American region and thus be able to prevent their impact. The satellite is scheduled to be sent to the International Space Station in 2021.
The integration of the satellite will be developed in the Republic of Honduras thanks to the participation of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAHE). The development will be achieved through an alliance with the Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan (Kyutech). Current technology for Earth observation and geospatial information allows a better understanding of the systems that make up our planet.
Space technology can contribute to the monitoring of sustainable objectives, since the information generated can be integrated with other resources such as measurements, open data platforms such as NASA’s LandSat and produce new data and useful information for decision making,”
explained Luis Diego Monge, manager of the Morazán Project.
The ACAE team in Costa Rica completed a successful space mission last year with the Irazú Project and the Batsú satellite CS-1. The scientific mission and the previous stages of the project will have the participation of experts from the School of Geography of the University of Costa Rica (UCR) and the University of San Carlos in Guatemala (USAC).