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At more than 3500 meters above sea level, in the town of Pucurhuay, Pasco region, Quechua-speaking boys and girls, members of the science club "Ashishum Yachachiqkuta" (Seeking Knowledge), promoted by Concytec, will take a historic step for the region by assembling and launching nanosatellites into space, as part of the CubeSats in PERU project.
The project consists of three stages. In the first, students will build CubeSatSims, a low-cost satellite emulator that runs on solar panels and batteries; In the second phase, students will simulate the launch; and, finally, in the third phase, the teams will fly operational CubeSats, so that they can take different data, analyze it and compare it.
As part of the CubeSats in PERU project, trainees will receive training on nanosatellite assembly, space sciences, solar panels, batteries, UHF radio telemetry, 3D printing, sensors, payloads, balloons, and satellite communications.
The institutions responsible for this project are: The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA, Rocky Mountain Section, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics), the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) and Aphelion Aerospace.
The Ashishum Yachachiqkuta science and technology club was founded in 2019 with the support of Concytec, at the Luis Alberto Sánchez Educational Institution, which has a total of 50 students. The students, with the guidance of their teacher, Mr. Joel Córdova Ponce, obtained various recognitions at the local and national level for their contribution to the development of science and its dissemination in Quechua.
Jina Huamán Mendoza, student and president of the science and technology club, encourages young people to be interested in science: "I encourage them to do science because it is a pleasant world where you can discover many things, if you have questions, you should inquire about it, and when you find the answer you feel really happy because you already know something new."
Science & Technology Clubs
The science and technology clubs are an initiative of Concytec that seeks to promote the development of scientific culture in Peruvian society, with the purpose of awakening interest in Science, Technology and Innovation. To this end, multisectoral actions are articulated that generate favorable conditions for students to develop their inventiveness, their creative capacities and the understanding of what the development of knowledge implies, to achieve a better quality of personal and community life.
There are currently more than 10,000 science clubs registered nationwide, which has an impact on 102,425 students and 9,845 teachers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) areas, who develop projects related to scientific research and technological application.
In 2023, this initiative won first place in the Education category of the Award for Good Practices in Public Management, which is organized every year by Citizens Up to Date (CAD).
