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Respect. (from the lat. respectu) n. 1. respect; 2. consideration; high regard; 3. deference; compliance; veneration; 4. honour; worship; 5. relation; refererence...
We believe that everyone should be respected for their work, for their attitudes, opinions and options.
Rigor. (from the lat. rigore) n. 1. harshness; strength; 2.fig., severity; punctuality; accuracy.
There is no "more or less levelled", "more or less upright”, "more or less clean" or "more or less safe", but rather “levelled”, "upright”, "clean” and “safe". The rigour is reflected in our procedures, in time and in the rules to follow. In the light of moral and principles, being severe means being rigorous.
Passion. (from the lat. passione) n. 1. intense and usually violent feeling (affection, joy, hate, etc.) which hinders the exercise of impartial logic; 2. derived from a feeling; 3. great predilection; 4. partiality; 5. great grief; immense suffering...
Under the sign of passion – a text of the Portuguese poet Regina Guimarães – is our icon. Passion is to reveal great enthusiasm for something, favourable encouragement or opposite to something.
It is the sensibility transmitted by an architect or engineer through work.
Passion is the dedication to a project. Passion is a state of warm soul.
Loyalty. (from the lat. legalitate) n. the quality of being loyal; fidelity; sincerity.
Respect for the principles and rules that guide the honour and probity. Faithfulness to commitments and agreements undertaken, staunch character.
To remain loyal to the business partners because we depend on them and they depend on us.
Being trustworthy for being loyal.
Solidarity. (from the lat. solidare) n. 1. the quality of being solidary; 2. reciprocal responsibility among the members of a group, namely social, professional, etc.; 3. sense of sharing another’s suffering.
Being solidary is being a friend, offering our hand with genuine generosity and bringing joy and human warmth to those who, somehow, are marginalized. Being solidary is being more human. A solidary company is recognized as a fair and non-selfish company. A solidary company is a preferred choice in business. It is a more competitive company. Volunteering is a vehicle to solidarity. It is modern, fair, cultured, friend, it is a noble gesture of moral elevation.
Courage. (from the lat. coraticum) n. 1. bravery facing danger; intrepidity; to have audacity; 2. moral force before a suffering or setback; 3. [fig.] to input energy when performing a difficult task; perseverance...
Courage is essential in our life. Courage to face less pleasant situations when complex issues come up, not expecting random resolutions.
It is a value that we must highlight as opposed to the fearful, cowardly and laziness.
The courage to react to criticism not with an attitude of demotivation or sadness, but rather to search for the means and the action to overcome its own reason. This kind of courage, which is also an intellectual courage, is highly recommended.
Ambition. (from the lat. ambitione) n. 1. vehement desire of wealth, honours or glories; 2. expectation about the future; aspiration; 3. lust; greed…
Vehement desire to achieve a particular goal. Ambition not to resign ourselves. Ambition to take the best potential from ourselves. Ambition to deserve ourselves. Ambition to be athletes in our top-level competitive jobs. Ambition to beat our brands. Ambition to get the best deals with the maximum value, due to the high levels of proficiency and efficiency.
Esthetics. ESTHETICS (from the Greek aisthetiké, "sensitive") n.f. 1. Philosophy branch of philosophy that studies the beauty and nature of artistic phenomena; 2. author's own style, time, etc.; 3. harmony of shapes and colors, beauty; 4. set of techniques and treatments that aim to beautify the body.
We decided to build the company's economic foundations under a cultured, cosmopolitan and cool image. Because it is a charming state of being. Good taste because we are sustainable and we respect the planet. Good taste because we are sensitive. Good taste just because.
Responsibility. (from the lat respondere) n. the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct; a form of trustworthiness.
We must be certain that, before a choice, we chose what is best for both of us and not just the best for each one. Each employee is responsible for his negotiated activity and co-responsible if the co-worker does not fulfil his own task, thus preventing the common goal. A team is a set of individuals - is a whole. In the business game, as in social or family contexts, everyone must comply with their own relative position and we shall not permit that one of ours fails to be in our team.
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Sent into space in March, the Aeros MH-1 nanosatellite weighs 4.5 kilos and is positioned at an altitude of 510 kilometers. The $2.8 million project involved several Portuguese universities and companies.
The Portuguese nanosatellite Aeros MH-1 received the “Mission of the Year” award at the 2024 Small Satellites Conference. The event ended on Thursday in the city of Logan (Utah) in the United States, the country of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the project’s international partner.
The Aeros MH-1 nanosatellite was sent into space on 4 March from the SpaceX base in California. It established communications with Earth on 19 March via the Santa Maria teleport, in the Azores, operated by the company Thales Edisoft Portugal. The first images captured by the device were released on 2 July.
Positioned at an altitude of 510 kilometers, slightly above the International Space Station, the astronauts’ “home” and laboratory, the nanosatellite, weighing 4.5 kilos, will spend three years monitoring the Atlantic Ocean in particular.
MH-1, named for former Portuguese Science Minister Manuel Heitor, who the consortium considered to be the driving force behind the project, was the second Portuguese satellite to be sent into space, after PoSAT-1, a 50-kilogram microsatellite that entered Earth’s orbit in September 1993, which was decommissioned after a decade.
In July of this year it was the turn of ISTSat-1, built by students and professors from Lisbon’s Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) to go aboard the new European Ariane 6 rocket, with the Portuguese contribution serving to test the viability of nanosatellites to detect airplanes in remote areas.
Universities and companies involved in the project
The national Aeros MH-1 consortium includes several Portuguese academic institutions and companies, joined by the American MIT through the MIT-Portugal cooperation program. Aeros MH-1 has been fitted with a Spinworks hyperspectral camera and DST communications. Thales was responsible for the software, the ground station and the first checks after launch and the first operating cycle.
The CEiiA engineering center in Matosinhos, which built the nanosatellite, will process the data and images for scientific studies. Finally, the Universities of Minho, Porto, and the Algarve, the Instituto Superior Técnico and IMAR – the Instituto do Mar, among others, are providing scientific support for the mission.
Work on the nanosatellite began in 2020 and represented an investment of 2.78 million euros, co-financed to the tune of 1.88 million euros by ERDF – the European Regional Development Fund.
In March, CEiiA’s founder and CEO, José Rui Felizardo, spoke of a “historic milestone for Portugal and the national science and technology ecosystem.” “This launch represents a small step in a much broader strategy in the area of Space, which involves the development of the first family of high and very high-resolution satellites that is already being developed in Portugal by CEiiA alongside the German company OHB and the British company Open Cosmos,” he emphasized.