FloripaSat

This document summarizes the work performed and the results 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 groundstation.

This document consists of an overview of the project engineering, mission, space and ground systems. Topics include:

• Project and mission objectives, • Requirement analysis, • Assembly, integration and test plan, • Mission and operations, • Space system configuration and design, • Ground segment.

An assessment of the project development status is also provided in the Project Overview section.

Oficial website: www.floripasat.ufsc.br

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

Further information can be obtained through the project coordinator: Prof. Eduardo Bezerra [email protected]