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Xatcobeo, originally known as Dieste, is a project to build the first galician artificial satellite developed by a team from various departments of the University of Vigo

University of Vigo

The University of Vigo is a public university located in the city of Vigo, Galicia, Spain. There are three campuses:* Lagoas-Marcosende, between the municipalities of Vigo and Mos;* A Xunqueira, in Pontevedra;* As Lagoas, in Ourense;...

and leadered by Fernando Aguado in collaboration with the Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial

Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial

The Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial is Spain's space agency. It was founded in 1942, as the Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeronáutica , and has its headquarters in Torrejón de Ardoz, near Madrid....

(INTA) and with the support of the Galician government-owned corporation

Government-owned corporation

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Retegal. The project was presented to the European Space Agency

European Space Agency

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for its launch in the inaugural flight of the Vega rocket from the Guiana Space Centre, in Kourou

Kourou

Kourou is a commune in French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America.Kourou is the location of the Guiana Space Centre, France and ESA's main spaceport.-Geography:...

(French Guiana

French Guiana

French Guiana is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department located on the northern Atlantic coast of South America. It has borders with two nations, Brazil to the east and south, and Suriname to the west...

). Its life will be between 6 and 12 months, and its cost will be around 1,200,000 euro

Euro

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s, being funded in a 50% by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Investigación of Spain

Spain

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, in a 25% by Retegal and in the last 25% jointly by the University of Vigo and INTA.

It is a Cubesat

CubeSat

A CubeSat is a type of miniaturized satellite for space research that usually has a volume of exactly one liter , has a mass of no more than 1.33 kilograms, and typically uses commercial off-the-shelf electronics components...

-type satellite and its objective will be to do research related with communication

Communication

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s and with solar power

Solar power

Solar energy, radiant light and heat from the sun, has been harnessed by humans since ancient times using a range of ever-evolving technologies. Solar radiation, along with secondary solar-powered resources such as wind and wave power, hydroelectricity and biomass, account for most of the available...

in satellites.

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