TRISKEL Mission Award Initiative Announced by Alén Space
Small satellite company Alén Space has launched the TRISKEL Mission Award Initiative to promote the development of scientific and academic space missions throughout the world. The TRISKEL Mission Award initiative, which is open to international universities and high-tech centers, is designed to contribute to the advancement of academic projects with nanosatellites.
“We know how important it is to have support and help to go far. Today it’s time to return the favor to the scientific community and help some of these projects with our knowledge and technology."
Alén Space CEO Guillermo Lamelas.
Interested teams can sign up for the program until March 15 and aim for the prize: a TRISKEL solution, developed by the Alén Space team for the control and management of satellite data. This device, which is the result of more than 12 years of experience in the development of space missions, brings together in a single module an on-board computer (OBC) and telemetry, tracking and command (TTC) functions, two of the essential systems of any nanosatellite.
Due to its university origin, Alén Space team is aware of the normal difficulties that research projects encounter. “We know how important it is to have support and help to go far." said Alén Space CEO Guillermo Lamelas. "Today it’s time to return the favor to the scientific community and help some of these projects with our knowledge and technology."
Participants must provide a series of specific data to demonstrate the level of development of their projects and the goals of their missions. After the deadline, the judging committee, composed of Guillermo Lamelas; Diego Nodar, COO at Alén Space; Bibiano Arruti, hardware designer; and Fernando Aguado, member of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), will deliberate for a month.
Once the decision on the winning project has been published, the prize will be awarded before September 30.
Alén Space specializes in the consulting, design, manufacture, and operation of small satellites for all kinds of applications. Alén Space has a high-quality team of engineers with more than 12 years of experience in the development of small satellite missions, with all the technological solutions and the capacity to help those companies willing to develop businesses in space.
(Source: Alén Space news release. Image provided)