Ñuble Ciencia Viva Brings Space Technology to San Nicolás High School Students
Nov 4, 2026·
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Dr. Carlos Gonzalez-Cortes
Ñuble Ciencia Viva 2026 gathered school students and researchers at the Liceo Bicentenario de Excelencia Polivalente San Nicolás on 21 October. Prof. Carlos González and undergraduate Claudia Villa presented the SUCHAI program, the technical challenges of building Chilean university satellites, and the SUCHAI-4 launch. They also introduced a VIME-funded initiative in which high-school students assemble a portable ground station and receive signals from the satellite, connecting classroom work with the lab’s research at DIINF.
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Authors
Principal Investigator
Professor in the Computer Engineering Department at the University of Santiago of Chile (USACH).
He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Chile and has extensive experience in embedded systems, nanosatellites, and flight software. Previously, he developed the SUCHAI family and PlantSat nanosatellites at SPEL, and worked at the Flight Software Department of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Carlos is passionate about pushing the boundaries of distributed space systems and satellite flight software architectures.