Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) is a leading Spanish university for engineering and technology, playing a key role in space education and research. Through its School of Aeronautical and Space Engineering (ETSIAE) and the Microgravity Institute "Ignacio Da Riva" (IDR/UPM), UPM is involved in the development of nanosatellites, aerospace technology research, and providing educational tools for space engineering learning. UPM actively participates in projects with organizations like the ESA, NASA, and European Commission and collaborates with various international universities and companies in the aerospace sector.
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The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and INTA tested Smile’s thermal straps in the vacuum chamber at the Montegancedo campus.
The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid certified that Smile’s X-ray instruments will operate at -120 °C.
The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid aimed to verify that Smile’s detector would operate below -100 °C.
The Instituto Universitario de Microgravedad Ignacio Da Riva at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid verified Smile’s DPA Detector Plane Assembly, which houses two CCD sensors.
The IberianQCI consortium includes Infraestructuras de Portugal, IP Telecom, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Altice Labs, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Telefónica, CSIC, the Instituto de Ciencias Fotónicas de Barcelona, the Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia, and the University of Vigo.
Juan Carlos Cortés is an aeronautical engineer from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid with 30 years of experience in aerospace R&D and innovation management, particularly at CDTI.
The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid will present work on digital processing for active smart antennas aboard small satellites at SSSIF 2026.
A consortium led by Alén Space that includes GMV (Spain and Poland), WideNorth, and the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid has been selected by the European Space Agency for a space-based radio-frequency interference detection and monitoring project.
The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid will design and develop the interference geolocation algorithms for the ground segment.