Mexican Space Agency AEM-UNAM-NASA Collaboration Strengthened in AZTECHSAT Satellite Project / @SCT_mx >>>

#SICT.- The Mexican Space Agency (AEM), a decentralized agency of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport (SICT), formalized through the signing of an agreement the participation of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in the joint project with NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), «AztechSat Constellation», announced last August 31.

The General Director of the AEM, Salvador Landeros Ayala, explained that, under this instrument, UNAM will develop one of the satellites of the project, and expressed that «It is a source of great pride and satisfaction that the nation’s university participates in this visionary project, laying the groundwork for more far-reaching projects towards space exploration».

He added that it is an opportunity for young people, researchers, scientists and professors, with their great talent, to get involved in projects at the frontier of knowledge, and expressed his conviction that, with UNAM’s experience, this project will be a successful example of collaboration in the international community.

The Coordinator of the University Space Program (PEU-UNAM), Dr. José Francisco Valdés Galicia, thanked the AEM for the invitation, and explained that the satellite that UNAM will develop will use commercial hardware, free software, and will generate databases for monitoring and protection of marine species, accessible to governmental, academic and civil society organizations.

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