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Caption:<\/strong> The IEEC director, Ignasi Ribas, and the CEO and founder of Open Cosmos, Rafel Jord\u00e0, at the presentation of the collaboration. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” link_font=”|700|||on||||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Space tech company <\/span>Open Cosmos<\/span><\/a> will design and build the platform of <\/span>PhotSat<\/span><\/a>, a space mission coordinated by the <\/span>Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia<\/span><\/a> (IEEC \u2014 Institut d\u2019Estudis Espacials de Catalunya) that involves the development and construction of Catalonia\u2019s first-ever owned satellite dedicated to track the 10 million brightest stars and other astrophysical objects. It was announced today during the celebration of the <\/span>International Astronautical Congress<\/span><\/a>, which is held from 14 to 18 October in Milan, Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n The mission is conceived to provide supporting data to numerous on-going international programmes. More specifically, this kind of observations will be relevant to search for exoplanets, characterise stars and observe bright transient phenomena such as supernovae and kilonovae.<\/span><\/p>\n This 12U CubeSat will feature an astronomy payload designed and built by the IEEC. Equipped with two telescopes, it will scan and photometrically track the entire available sky every 2 days in the visible and ultraviolet spectral bands through an ingenious system of rotating mirrors. Expected to launch by the end of 2025, the satellite will orbit the Earth in a Sun synchronous low orbit at a minimum altitude of 500 km.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”|700|||||||” header_2_font_size=”25px” header_2_font_size_tablet=”23px” header_2_font_size_phone=”23px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” link_font=”|700|||on||||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n This new partnership between Open Cosmos and the IEEC follows previous collaborations such as the successful launch of Menut,<\/span> the second satellite mission of t<\/span>he <\/span>NewSpace Strategy of Catalonia<\/span><\/a> promoted by the Government of Catalonia<\/span>. Open Cosmos will design and build the platform of the satellite, including the design of a pointing system with enough precision to enable the satellite to obtain images of the most distant stars.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The company will also provide the infrastructure to operate the satellite and transfer all the generated data to the Instrument Operations and Science Data Centre of the IEEC.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”|700|||||||” header_2_font_size=”25px” header_2_font_size_tablet=”23px” header_2_font_size_phone=”23px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” link_font=”|700|||on||||” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n PhotSat represents a significant milestone for Open Cosmos, demonstrating its expanding platforms and capabilities as one of Europe’s leading space tech companies. It also underscores the IEEC’s capacity to lead the full development and exploitation of scientific space missions and commitment to establishing a new space innovation hub in the region, driving economic growth and enhancing research infrastructures in space for the benefit of the research and talent ecosystem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The mission will also develop the academic and industrial infrastructure in order to carry out future end-to-end missions and projects using smallsat technology in-house in short development time.<\/span><\/p>\n Ignasi Ribas, the IEEC director, <\/b>said<\/span>: <\/b>\u201cPhotSat will be the first scientific satellite owned by the IEEC and developed entirely, from the design phase to operations, by us with the collaboration of the Catalan academic and industrial ecosystem. The satellite will observe and monitor the full sky every few days and will provide valuable information to expand our knowledge of space and the universe. PhotSat will prove that small satellites can deliver big science.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_2″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.ieec.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Grup-treball-PhotSat-cam_edited.jpg” _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_margin=”||2px|||”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”15px” text_line_height=”1.1em” background_color=”rgba(64,111,218,0.15)” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Caption:<\/strong> IEEC and Open Cosmos teams involved in the PhotSat mission. 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