The Mexican Space Agency (AEM) announced this Wednesday the launch into space in October 2025 of a new nanosatellite system, developed with national technology, in conjunction with the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
The Command and Management Information System (SCMI) for Nanosatellites will be launched into orbit in less than a year aboard the GuaraníSat-2 of the Paraguayan Space Agency (AEP), the AEM detailed in a statement.
“This Mexican device, developed by members of the Laboratory of Electronic Instrumentation of Space Systems of the Faculty of Engineering and the AEM, was successfully tested at the University of the Republic of Uruguay, in Montevideo, in March 2024,” the agency noted. charge of the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation of Mexico.
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The SCMI was designed to withstand and measure the effects of radiation, with a fault-tolerant architecture, while running an algorithm to determine the satellite’s orientation.
Likewise, the agency highlighted that “this technology will transcend a system with space heritage, which means that it will be possible to project it to other types of missions and consolidate it as its own technological development.”
Finally, the AEM trusted that this advance will contribute to the Mexican aerospace industry and the objective of transforming Mexico into a scientific power with the development of its own satellites.
In this sense, the SCMI coordinator, Saúl de la Rosa Nieves, highlighted that the country already has the capacity to carry out satellite integration with around 60% national components.
The system was designed by Aldair Lara Tenorio, with the participation of 12 students from FI-UNAM.
With information from EFE
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