NanoSatC-BR 1

Spacecraft nº:

Brazilian spacecraft nº: 23

Launch data: Designation  40024 / 14033Q Launch date  19 June 2014 - 19:11 UT Launch site  Dombarovsky, LC-370/13 Launch vehicle  Dnepr Mission  Science, magnetosphere Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  607 x 627 km Eccentricity   Inclination   98.0° Period  96.9 min

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• NanoSatC-Br 1 is the first CubeSat project of Brazil, developed at the Southern Regional Space Research Center (CRS/CCR/INPE-MCT) in collaboration with the Space Science Laboratory of the Federal University of Santa Maria (LACESM/CT - UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. The INPE (Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais) South Regional Center is in fact located on the campus of UFSM (Federal University of Santa Maria) and collaboration between the two institutions is of importance for mission success. The mission has three objectives in the fields of science, technology validation, and academic i.e., student involvement in all mission phases.
• The objective of the NanoSatC-Br 1 mission is to provide monitoring of Earth's magnetosphere by measuring the magnetic field over Brazil and to study the magnetic phenomena of the SAA (South Atlantic Anomaly) and the EEJ (Equatorial Electrojet).
• NanoSatC-Br 1 comprises of a 1U cubesat with a U/V transceiver using 1k2 to 9k6 BPSK downlink. A 1U CubeSat kit of ISIS (Innovative Solutions In Space BV, Delft, The Netherlands) was purchased while the local work has been concentrated in the development of the payload and in the students participation in activities such as mission analysis and design, integration, testing and operation, besides specific studies on the platform itself.
• The payload instruments of the NANOSATC-BR 1 consists of:
  • a magnetometer to measure the intensity of the Earth Magnetic Field at the South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly (SAMA) region and on the Brazilian sector of the Ionosphere Equatorial Electrojet, and
  • a particle precipitation chip dosimeter.

Mission details:

• On Jun 19, 2014 launch of a Dnepr rocket from the Yasniy missile base put a record 38 payloads in sun-synchronous orbits ranging from 550 to 610 km at perigee and 620 to 715 km at apogee.
• NanoSatC-BR-1 is a 1U cubesat from INPE's Southern Center and UFSM, in Santa Maria, Brazil.

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