Czech technology demonstration satellite
CIMER
CIMER is a future microbiology-focused technology demonstration satellite under development by the YSpace team from Brno University of Technology with the support of the Fly Your Satellite!
programme of the European Space Agency. Its mission is to test the usefulness of desiccative hibernation for cultivation of cyanobacteria in space environment with possible applications in life support systems. The experimental payload "MIBICO" containing the microbes is being developed by Mendel University in Brno. The 3U CubeSat is expected to launch in late 2027.
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