Argentina's UNLP joins satellite building project
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| Satélite SAC-D/ Aquarius. |
The partnership was hailed as the first collaboration of its kind, mainly because of NASA's decision to outsource some of the key work.
Dassault Systemes, a major player in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management solutions and the Argentine university unveiled their key contributions to Project Aquaries-SAC-D, a satellite mission that uses scientific applications that help predict climatic changes accurately.
UNLP used Dassault Systemes solutions to design, develop, test and manage two of seven major instruments that make up the SAC-D Aquarius project.
Argentine industry analysts hailed the announcement as a major advance for Argentina as it endeavors to regenerate its aerospace and defense industries. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has set military industry modernization as of her announced goals.
SAC-D resulted from an international partnership between Argentine, French and U.S. companies. The partnership includes the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, Jet Propulsion Center, Dassault Systemes and Argentina's National Commission for Space Activities, known by its Spanish acronym of CONAE or Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales.
Dassault Systemes has headquarters in Velizy-Villacoublay, France but operates most of its operations in the Americas from regional headquarters in Lowell, Mass. The company has more than 130,000 customers in 80 countries.
Students at UNLP's Faculty of Engineering and Aeronautics Department used Dassault Systemes' ENOVIA V6 for live online collaboration and program management, the companies said in a joint news release.
Also used in the project were CATIA PLM Express for the design of multiple structure modules and SIMULIA for satellite structural calculations.
Dassault Systemes helped simplify the complex tasks involved in conducting multiple version reviews, tracking and approving design, document and drawings changes.
"This is the first time NASA has outsourced scientific components to CONAE and UNLP, and because of our 3D PLM expertise and training, we were able to actively participate in all stages of design, production and testing of these two key instruments and beyond to delivery," said Alejandro J. Patanella, executive director in UNLP's faculty of engineering and aeronautics.
UNLP has invested in 3D PLM technology and boasts one of the best equipped PLM centers in the region. Dassault Systemes solutions at UNLP help train new generations of engineering professionals who will be responsible for the design, testing and maintenance of new products and services.
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El aparato entró en órbita a las 11:20, desde la base Vanderberg de la Fuerza Aérea norteamericana en Lompoc, California. El lanzamiento fue seguido por la jefe de Estado, Cristina Kirchner, mediante videoconferencia.
El mismo fue desarrollado por la Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (Conae), que depende de la Cancillería argentina, en cooperación con la NASA y la participación de entes del Sistema Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología y empresas de base tecnológica.
En Vanderberg estuvo presente el canciller, Héctor Timerman, y el director ejecutivo y técnico de la Conae, Conrado Varotto, entre otros funcionarios argentinos.
Varotto remarcó desde los Estados Unidos que "este es un proyecto del país, que ha sido construido en todo el país", según difundió C5N.
Se trata del primer aparato de este tipo diseñado específicamente para proporcionar mediciones mensuales a escala global de cómo varía la salinidad del agua de mar en la superficie de los océanos.
Este es un dato clave para estudiar los vínculos entre la circulación oceánica y el ciclo hídrico global, que a su vez afecta la capacidad del océano de almacenar y transportar el calor y regular el clima de la Tierra.
La misión SAC-D/Aquarius busca determinar cómo el océano responde a los efectos combinados de la evaporación, la precipitación, el derretimiento del hielo y el escurrimiento de ríos en la temporada y entre las estaciones, así como su impacto en la distribución global tanto como la disponibilidad mundial de agua dulce.
El otro fin es obtener datos sobre la humedad del suelo a escala de grandes extensiones, parámetro que contribuirá a la generación de alertas tempranas de inundaciones y de aparición o dispersión de enfermedades.
Fuente: INFOBAE - 11 JUN 11.
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