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CEiiA is the owner of the satellite and was responsible for the development and full integration of the structure.
Portugal is MH-1, the first satellite fully developed, built and operated domestically. This mission is scheduled for tomorrow, March 4th. 22 hours (Portuguese mainland time), from the foot of the mountain space x in California, USA.
This remarkable milestone is the result of an international partnership between the two countries. CEiiA (Engineering and Product Development Center) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)guided by thales edisoft portugal. The project involved a consortium of 12 Portuguese companies, including: spin works it is D Telecomuniversity of minho, port it is algarve,oh Institute of High Technology (IST),oh Collaboration + Atlantico,oh oceanos And that air center.
MH-1 development and operation
○ CEiiA takes ownership of the satellite and is responsible for its construction, full integration, qualification testing, and launch logistics. The operation of MH-1 is geosata company owned by CEiiA, and Omnidea.
The satellite has hyperspectral camera from spin works and communication systems D Telecom.a Thales Contributed to software, ground station, first post-launch testing, and first operational cycle.a open cosmos Although it played a key role in the logistics supporting the launch, Anacom It played a fundamental role in the satellite licensing process.
Conversion from prototype to operational satellite
Louis MagalhãesThe director of the CEiiA space unit emphasized that one of the main challenges of the Eros project, which was a prototype in June, was to transform it into MH1, a “flight space system”. Masu.
Dava Newmana former NASA administrator and MIT professor of the Apollo program for astronauts, praised the development of the Eros project, which exceeded all expectations by converting the prototype into an operational space system. doing. Dava Newman He stressed that partnerships between Portuguese institutions and international universities such as MIT are essential and must be maintained. “This will create new training and highly skilled jobs for a new generation of brilliant multidisciplinary systems engineers for our future in space and our future on Earth. We are training future leaders in critical areas such as space, oceans, urban planning, mobility and energy,” he added.
The importance of MH-1 for the Portuguese space industry
The launch of MH-1 represents an important step in Portugal's space strategy, paving the way for the development of the first family of high-resolution and very high-resolution satellites, which CEiiA is already cooperating with. There is. open cosmos (UK) and HBO (Germany).
This new generation of satellites will replace the ones currently in operation. geosat and integrate atlantic constellationstrengthening Portugal's participation in the European space panorama.
Release commemorative event
MH-1's launch will be monitored by CEiiA. 20 hours tomorrow. The meaning of the satellite's name will also be revealed at the ceremony.
