The first satellite built in Greece has been successfully orbiting the Earth since April 2017. It is called UPSat, and it is an open-source satellite developed by the Libre Space Foundation (LSF) in collaboration with the University of Patras. LSF is a non-profit organization that aims to promote space-related technologies.

The co-founder of the Libre Space Foundation, Pieros Papadeas, will refer to the time-consuming development and implementation of the over-the-top project: the design, manufacture, verification, testing and delivery process of UPSat. He will also cover the brief history of the organization he represents, refer to his experience from previous space projects, and will highlight the opportunities for contributing to future open source projects in space.

At the heart of Papadea’s presentation will certainly be the challenges associated with open and free software and the space industry, since all satellite systems – from hardware to software – have been developed based on open source code. An important aspect of his presentation will also be to help develop a new knowledge base available to everyone.

As the director of the Libre Space Foundation and of the first Greek Hacker Space (hackerspace.gr) Pierros Papadeas has been working at Mozilla Corporation since 2011, initially as a Community Architect and now as an open innovation strategist. He has graduated from the School of Architecture of the National Technical University of Athens. His passion from a very young age was space and related technologies and the successful implementation of UPSat is the best proof that we ought to chase our childhood dreams.

Title: UPSat – The first satellite made in Greece || Date & Time: 29 April, 19.00- 19.50
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