page_title: Chasqui I
section_title: Module Integration and Testing – MIP
hierarchical_section_title: Chasqui I / Project Modules / Module Integration and Testing – MIP
caption_attribution_description: Español: Chasqui 1
context_page_description: Chasqui I is a one-kilogram nanosatellite project that was launched by hand from the International Space Station during a spacewalk on August 18, 2014. The concept satellite was equipped with two cameras, a visible and an infrared, which could take photos of the Earth.
  The Chasqui I was developed by students at Peru's National University of Engineering and was part of an educational project to acquire the experience and ability in developing satellites.
  The name of the project refers to the chasqui, messengers of the Inca Empire.
context_section_description: The module aims to achieve the assembly of components developed by different modules of the project as electronic circuit boards, cameras, batteries, antennas, sensors, and electromagnetic coils.
  This goal can be achieved:
  Optimizing surfaces, volumes, masses, finding center of gravity, center of mass.
  Planning and conducting standardized testing requirements.
  Perform field tests planned in the project.
caption: MIP
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