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This document summarizes the work performed and the results to be achieved during the FloripaSat Project. The FloripaSat project consists of an initiative of students from Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil) to develop a scientific Cubesat. This project is within the Brazilian Space Program, UNIESPAÇO, promoted by the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB). FloripaSat 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.

This document consists of 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