Our Projects

Integrating multiple engineering fields in the aerospace sector.

Projeto explodido do cubesat zensat mostrando cada uma de suas placase os paineis laterais

What are aerospace probes?

Our aerospace probes are balloons filled with helium, carrying astrobiological experiments to the stratosphere, which is crucial so we can have a better understanding about how organisms can survive in space.

Although they are part of a greater scientific experiment, the probes themselves are also fascinating from the point of view of embedded systems development. Our probes are equiped with microcontrolers, radios, sensors and cameras; every mission we aim to improve our systems so we can make the next mission even more efficient.

And, to sustain all our experiments and systems, we build reliable and reusable structures, that let us go to space multiple times.

  • 2022

    ZenBee

    OVERVIEW

    TECHNOLOGIES

    NUMBER OF LAUNCHES

    4

    MAX ALTITUDE

    27.4 km

    MISSIONS

    1 Carry satellites from competitors of the first Brazilian Satellite Olympics (OBSAT)
    2 Provide communication between competitors at launch site and probes
  • 2019

    Garatéa-V

    OVERVIEW

    TECHNOLOGIES

    LAUNCH DATE

    11/11/2018

    MAX ALTITUDE

    26 km

    Garatéa-III

    OVERVIEW

    TECHNOLOGIES

    LAUNCH DATE

    22/04/2018

    MAX ALTITUDE

    31,6 km

    AWARDS

    3rd Place in Best Design (GSBC 2018)

    EXPERIMENTS

    1 Co-culture of fermenting yeasts and extremophilic fungi
    2 Culture of protozoa at different stages of life and lettuce seeds
  • 2017

    Garatéa-II

    OVERVIEW

    TECHNOLOGIES

    LAUNCH DATE

    19/12/2016

    MAX ALTITUDE

    25,5 km

    Experiments

    1 Resistance testing with bacteria and fungi extracted from the Atacama desert (Chile)
    2 Biomolecules degradation pattern analysis

    Garatéa-I

    OVERVIEW

    TECHNOLOGIES

    LAUNCH DATE

    14/05/2016

    MAX ALTITUDE

    27 km

    AWARDS

    Best Experiment (GSBC 2016)

    Experiments

    1 Resistance testing with bacteria and fungi extracted from the Atacama desert (Chile)
    2 Biomolecules degradation pattern analysis
  • 2016