NewSpace.First launch of the 'Catalan NASA': a nanosatellite from Kazakhstan
Project: The Generalitat advances in the creation of a 'Catalan Nasa'
Enxaneta
is the name of the first
nanosatellite
that the
Generalitat of Catalonia
will put into orbit on March 20 from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome
(
Kazakhstan
), within the framework of its
NewSpace Strategy
.
The name is a tribute to the tallest figure of the
castells
, the smallest that crowns the traditional Catalan human towers, and has been chosen through a contest organized by the
TV3
InfoK
children's program
in which 10,000 children have participated.
The launch of this
nanosatellite
will be the starting signal for the missions programmed by the
Government
in the so-called "new space economy."
The project, in which more than 30 companies and several research centers participate, is based on the use of small satellites, orbiting at low altitudes, to exploit their data.
The Generalitat estimates that this strategy will generate 1,200 jobs in Catalonia and a turnover of close to 300 million euros until 2025.
The presentation of the plan to create a
Catalan space agency
and put six nanosatellites into orbit aroused several criticisms of the Minister of Digital Policies,
Jordi Puigneró
, among some opposition parties, which spoiled the announced investment [18 million euros in the next four years ] in the middle of the second wave of the
Covid
pandemic
.
According to the criteria of The Trust Project
Know more
Catalonia
nanotechnology
economy
Companies
Coronavirus
Covid 19
EconomyThe 'taxi war' in Barcelona plans again on the Mobile World Congress
CompaniesNokia and Sony join Ericsson and will not attend the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona due to the coronavirus
Interview Antoni Cañete: "The Catalan economic world has said that it does not want its institutions to be politicized"
See links of interest
Holidays 2021
Holidays Catalonia
Atlético - Athletic, live
PSG - Barcelona, live
Liverpool - RB Leipzig