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Introduction

The FloripaSat project consists of an initiative of students from Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil) to develop a scientific Cubesat. A Cubesat is a type of miniaturized satellite for space research, meassuring multiple units of 10x10x10 cm and weighing no more than 1.4 kg per unit. This project is within the Brazilian Space Program, UNIESPAÇO, promoted by the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB). FloripaSat-I is an 1U cubesat whose main goal is to involve the students in a full space mission, developing all the modules of a nanosatellite and its own ground station.

On the next sections, there will be an overview of the project engineering, mission, space and ground systems. Topics include:

  • Project and mission objectives
  • Requirement analysis
  • Mission and operations
  • Space system description

Oficial website:www.floripasat.space

Software source repository: https://github.com/floripasat

Further information can be obtained through the project coordinator: Prof. Eduardo Bezerra eduardo.bezerra@eel.ufsc.br