iss063e003541 (4/28/2020) --- The Quetzal-1 CubeSat is seen as it deploys from the JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer aboard the International Space Station. Quetzal-1 is Guatemala’s first satellite. It was developed in-house at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG) and tests a multispectral remote sensor prototype composed of a camera, a piezoelectric motor, and a filter carousel designed to acquire images at different wavelengths.

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