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Participation of the UVG Aerospace Laboratory in the Night of the Stars 2025
During the Night of the Stars 2025, at Erick Barrondo Park in Guatemala City, the Aerospace Laboratory celebrated the advances of the QUETZAL-2 project. Students from Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Mechanical Engineering shared their experiences and lessons learned in the project.
Héctor Gómez
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José Bagur
Nov 27, 2025
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News article in Diario de Centro América
QUETZAL-2 Night of the Stars 2025 Presentation
Presentation of the QUETZAL-2 Satellite at Science from the Vice Presidency
During the scientific outreach program
Science from the Vice Presidency
, held at the National Palace of Culture, José Antonio Bagur, coordinator and researcher at the Aerospace Laboratory of Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG), presented advances on the QUETZAL-2 satellite.
José Bagur
Oct 27, 2025
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News article in Diario de Centro América
QUETZAL-2 Science from the Vice Presidency Presentation
Academic Development and Space Operations of a Multispectral Imaging Payload for 1U CubeSats
This paper presents the academic development and on-orbit operation of a multispectral imaging payload for 1U CubeSats. The approach …
Luis Zea
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Aldo Aguilar-Nadalini
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Marvin Martínez
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Johan Birnie
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Emilio Miranda
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Fredy España
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Kuk Chung
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Dan Álvarez
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José Antonio Bagur
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Carlo Estrada
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Rony Herrarte
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Víctor Ayerdi
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Design and On-Orbit Performance of the Attitude Determination and Passive Control System for the Quetzal-1 CubeSat
This article describes the design and on-orbit performance of the internally developed passive attitude determination and control …
Dan Alvarez
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Aldo Aguilar-Nadalini
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José A. Bagur
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Víctor Ayerdi
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Luis Zea
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Design and On-Orbit Performance of the Electrical Power System for the Quetzal-1 CubeSat
QUETZAL-1, a 1U CubeSat developed by Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, flew from April to November 2020 with an in-house developed …
Aldo Aguilar-Nadalini
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Kuk H. Chung
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Cecilia Marsicovetere
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José A. Bagur
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Juan F. Medrano
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Emilio Miranda
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Víctor Ayerdi
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Luis Zea
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QUETZAL-1 CubeSat's Command and Data Handling – Design and Development Considerations
This paper presents the design and development considerations for the Command and Data Handling (C&DH) subsystem of QUETZAL-1, …
Emilio Miranda
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Kuk Ho Chung
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Victor Ayerdi
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Luis Zea
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Guatemala's Remote Sensing CubeSat – Tools and Approaches to Increase the Probability of Mission Success
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG) is carrying out an undergraduate academic project with the mission to design, develop, and …
Marvin Martínez
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Diego González
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Diego Rodríguez
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Johan Birnie
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José Antonio Bagur
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Ricardo Paz
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Emilio Miranda
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Fernando Solórzano
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Carlos Esquit
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Julio Gallegos
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Eduardo Álvarez
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Víctor Ayerdi
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Luis Zea
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