The company of Elon Musk will place the Portuguese university project in space, which will aid scientific knowledge.
A is preparing to launch a satellite aboard a rocket from from the businessman Elon Musk. It’s called “Prometheus“, symbol of the search for knowledge, and is a concentrate of technology that will be 500 kilometers of altitude. The data you send will allow us to test and develop Portuguese scientific knowledge in area of Engineering Aerospace.
Pshe third once in less than a year, a Portuguese satellite it will be placed in space.O “Prometheus” looks like a magic cubeobut represents all the functionality of a large satellite.
O TRUE is on its way to the United States, where will it be released from?,mas at the University of Minho are several replicas of the satellite. Pstate, for example, that Carolina Martins, aluna do 1.th year of the course Ein haria Aeroespacial, now have opportunities you never dreamed of.
“I never thought I would ever work on a satellitelite destes tão cedo!”, comenta a jovem. “Foi uma coisa quetc fascinou bastante.”
A fascination that this project wants replicate in many other classrooms. “With him, can learn what goes inside the satellite e what it takes to put a satellite into orbit”use Alexandre Ferreira da Silva, professor in the Industrial Electronic Engineering department at the University of Minho.
This experience canbecome fundamental in the training of future professionals in an area which is undergoing great expansion not country. Beyond the University of Minho, This project also involves the Instituto Superior Técnico and the uNorth American Carnegie University Mellon.
The launch of “Prometheus” happens in just over a month.
