The Angolan Government is going to train various staff from academic institutions on knowledge in the space area, according to the coordinator of the National Space Education Programme, Gilberto Gomes.
The leader who was speaking at the opening of the 3rd Course on Design, Construction and Launching of Small Satellites (Cansat), promoted by the Ministry of Telecommunications, Information Technology and Social Communication (MINTTICS), through the Management Office of the National Space Program (GGPEN), said that national staff will be able to have their first experience in space projects.
O Angolan CANSAT is a picosatellite built by GGPEN for educational purposes, which enables students to get their first experience in an aerospace project.
About the 3rd edition of the course, which runs from May 8 to June 14, at the Higher Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (ISUTIC) of the University of Luanda, attended by 30 graduates from 15 public and private universities in the country, selected in the provinces from Lunda-Norte, Huambo and Uíge.
The training aims to provide trainees with knowledge about the functions, architecture and integration of subsystems that make up a satellite, thus giving the possibility of involving the National Academy in projects related to Science and Aerospace Technology.
The group will learn how to design a mission, set up subsystems, test, launch, capture data, treat data and produce information, a job similar to the operations carried out by the operators of the Control and Emission Center of the Angosat -2.
Gilberto Gomes also explains that the transfer of knowledge aims at strengthening the binomial academy and industry, justifying the need for more national staff to attend to projects in the space area. With this initiative, national universities, in the near future, will be able to launch their first satellite, called “Académico Cubesate”.
For this, throughout the training, trainees will improve design, construction, testing, launch, operation and data processing techniques obtained from a functional representation of a real satellite integrated into a 330 millimeter soda can volume, the CANSAT.
This group of graduates will also be treated to two master classes by internationally renowned professors in academia and the small satellite industry, namely Robert Van Zil (AAC Space Africa) and Tayo Tejumola (International Space University).
