Two more Mar del Plata satellites will be sent into space in OctoberAlejandro Cordero, CEO of “Innova Space”, confirmed, after his participation in the International Satellite Exhibition, which was held in Washington, United States.
It must be remembered that Innova Space is the company that was born in a school in the city, when in 2019 Cordero, a teacher of electronics, proposed to his students in Technical School No. 5 The creation of a satellite, without doubting the space adventure that was about to begin which was on Thursday, January 13, marked a milestone with the launch of the first Argentine pico satellite from Cape Canaveral.
However, putting “General San Martin” or “MDQube-SAT1” into orbit will not be the last event for these characteristics of the company from Mar del Plata, because in October it will be the role of space travel pico satellites Juana Azurde And the Simon Bolivar.
The data has been confirmed by Cordero’s Capitalwhich confirmed after the “Satellite 2022” exhibition that the “balance” for Innova Space was “extremely positive”.
“It’s a very important fair, people come from the United States and all over the world. We’ve had contacts with many people from the public and a lot of people from the private sector.
In this sense, confirm it Many visitors were surprised when they saw the size of the Mar del Plata satellite. “They asked us about three times if this was their real size, and they did not understand it and were surprised. People even came to take satellite photos, because they thought it was impressive,” he commented and explained that “Juana Azurduy” and “Simon Bolivar” will measure 10 cm in 10 cm by 5 cm and weighs 500 grams.
Lamb with the Pico Mar del Plata satellite at the Washington Exposition.
Similarly, the CEO of Innova Space stated that the exhibition led to meetings with “two potential customers looking for satellite solutions,” one from the United States and one from Africa, and for Finalizing the signing of “three memoranda of understanding with different companies”.
Someone was with a company Indiawhich will supply us with satellite parts and also launch services in the future, and the second was with a company from EuropeAnd the which will also provide us with the kind of parts we will need, and The third and most important agreement is with a California company, a SpaceX broker, for the next six satellite launches‘, Calculate.
Cordero confirmed an agreement with an Indian company.
On the agreement with the California company, Cordero added: “We signed the contract in principle for the first two contracts in October, and that signing was crucial because it actually committed us to launching that month.”
“We are very happy with this signing because we It is our pleasure to be able to continue to launch satellites‘, he declared and added enthusiastically: “Already confirmed, Juana Azurduy and Simon Bolivar are ready for the October launch”.
In a previous interview with this medium, the CEO of Innova Space predicted that their mission this year would be to launch “between 4 to 6 satellites”. Meanwhile, by 2023 they plan to launch “between 12 and 16” and by 2024 about 90 “if all is well”.
Finally, Cordero addressed “a big thank you to the State of Argentina through the Ministry of Production and the Ministry of Science and Technology”, and to the Argentine Ambassador to the United States, Jorge Argellobecause they gave them a “wonderful reception” to participate in the International Satellite Exhibition.
“We are very happy and grateful to have participated in this huge global event, which we have joined through the Argentina Pavilion,” he concluded.
