Colombian Air Force to launch its Facsat-2 satellite on July 29

The Colombian Air Force (FAC) will launch its second satellite, the Facsat-2, on July 29, one year and eight months after the beginning of this project, as was previously announced by this newspaper.

To design, manufacture, test, and implement this new platform, Colombia signed a technology transfer contract with the Danish company GomSpace and the Colombian company Corporación de Alta Tecnología Para la Defensa (Codaltec) as the administrative manager of this process.

Facsat-2 will be used in earth observation missions to detect possible environmental risks and threats, as well as to combat illegal mining, but also to monitor energy, port, and road infrastructure, and also in surveillance operations of Colombian sovereign spaces.

This new system will join the Facsat-1 nanosatellite, launched in 2018 from India, which was also supported by GomSpace and marked the beginning of the development of new technologies and capabilities for the Air Force.

With information from InfoDefensa

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