Title

South America Space Programs and Development of Satellite Pehuensat-1

Authors

Pablo de León

Files

Description

At the same time that the U.S. and the Soviet Union started their space programs, several countries in South America were also willing to enter the space race to a lesser degree. In the 1960s, Argentina started launching its own sounding rockets. In the 1970s, Brazil did the same. Today, despite the economic setbacks common to the region, several countries in South America have their space projects with advanced high altitude rockets, several satellites in orbit and strong research and development programs.

Cooperation between the countries of the region and international partners is also very important and reaffirms the peaceful purposes of the space research in South America.

A sample case of the non-governmental educational satellite Pehuensat-1 will be presented.

Publication Date

2-5-2007

City

Grand Forks, ND

Recommended Citation

de León, Pablo, "South America Space Programs and Development of Satellite Pehuensat-1" (2007). Space Studies Colloquium. 7.
https://commons.und.edu/ss-colloquium/7