NanoSatC-BR – The First Brazilian CubeSat
- Paper number
IAC-08.B4.1.6
- Author
Mr. Lucas Lopes Costa, Brazil
- Coauthor
Mrs. Silvano Lucas Prochnow, Centro Regional Sul de Pesquisas Espaciais, Brazil
- Coauthor
Mr. Rafael L. Costa, National Institute for Space Research - INPE , Brazil
- Coauthor
Mr. Eduardo Ceretta Dalla Favera, Southern Regional Space Research Center - CRS/CIE/INPE - MCT, Brazil
- Coauthor
Mr. Cassio Espindola Antunes, Southern Regional Space Research Center - CRS/CIE/INPE - MCT, in collaboration with the Space Science Laboratory of Santa Maria LACESM/CT/UFSM, Brazil
- Coauthor
Dr. Nelson Jorge Schuch, Southern Regional Space Research Center - CRS/CIE/INPE - MCT, Brazil
- Coauthor
Dr. Otavio S.C. Durao, The Brazilian Institute for Space Research, Brazil
- Coauthor
Dr. Petrônio Noronha de Souza, National Institute for Space Research - INPE , Brazil
- Coauthor
Dr. Ijar M. Da Fonseca, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) - MCT, Brazil
- Year
2008
- Abstract
The NanoSatC-BR will be the first Brazilian CubeSat. It is a cooperation between the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research – INPE/MCT and the Federal University of Santa Maria – UFSM, in Santa Maria, RS, South of Brazil, where is located the Southern Regional Space Research Center – CRS/CIE/INPE-MCT, with its space observatory, the Southern Space Observatory – SSO, with the collaboration of other Brazilian and International Institutions. The project is managed at this regional center. INPE’s participation has three main parts. At his headquarter (HQ) a group of engineers supervise the technical aspects of the project – subsystems, design, analysis, ground operations etc. Management, mission and payload specification is made in conjunction between HQ and the CRS, with the project manager and the principal investigator located at CRS. Payload and scientific definitions also include a researcher from the National Observatory. The University participates with its students and faculty members. The mission payload consists of a magnetometer to measure the Earth Magnetic Field at the region of the South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly (SAMA) and a dosimeter as particle detector. The idea with the success of this first Brazilian CubeSat experiment is to prepare for the near future a simultaneous launch of a cluster of pico satellites, in order to have stereo scientific measurements. Subsystems such as structure, thermal control, power supply and attitude control, already have had a significant participation of the UFSM students, both at university campus and at INPE’s HQ. Ground operation will be performed at the CRS with technical supervision of INPE’s Satellite Tracking Center. This is in accordance with the national space policy to spread space activities to regions other than where INPE’s HQ is located. On board software, both for attitude control and data handling, and other electronic subsystems (on board computer, TMTC) will require the involvement of other students and faculty members from the University. Launch date is tentatively set for the end of 2009. The project is formally included in INPE’s budget for 2008 and 2009. UFSM is also participating with a budget, mainly with travel expenses of its students and faculty members. A launcher is presently being sought.
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