Development of environmental testing devices for suborbital picosatellites: The CANSAT project in Argentina

Abstract

Environmental testing is the faithful reproduction in a test laboratory of the environmental conditions to which the different components and elements of a space payload will be subjected. The performance of environmental tests makes it possible to anticipate and solve problems before the execution of the mission. The Aerospace Technology Group of the National Technological University was in charge of the construction of devices to test the CANSAT picosatellites in the first national payload competition.