28/03/2026
A SpaceLab está se preparando para novos lançamentos de satélites após a perda de dois equipamentos em uma tentativa anterior realizada a partir do Centro Espacial de Alcântara.
A próxima missão está prevista para o final deste ano, enviando nanossatélites em parceria com a SpaceX, como parte de uma série de projetos que utilizam tecnologias desenvolvidas no próprio laboratório.
05/03/2026
UFSC hosts Latin America’s leading forum dedicated to research and development of small satellites.
14/01/2026
Assista à entrevista com o nosso coordenador, Teacher Eduardo Bezerra, sobre o SpaceLab e a Constelação de Catarina. A conversa foi publicada no canal do Brasil com Ciência no YouTube.
18/12/2025
The Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) has unanimously approved the official adoption of the Catarina Constellation, a mission that involves the SENAI Institute of Innovation in Embedded Systems, the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), the Civil Defense, and technical support from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE).
The decision, taken during the seventh ordinary meeting of the Procedure for the Selection and Adoption of Space Missions (ProSAME), establishes the project as a national priority and confirms its technological maturity, strategic relevance, and comprehensive programmatic vision.
18/12/2025
SpaceLab, responsible for launching the university’s first satellite into space in 2019, is part of the Catarina Constellation project, which aims to build the country’s first fleet of nanosatellites for territorial monitoring and response to climate emergencies.
12/04/24
Title: “Meeting to review satellite project under development at UFSC“
On April 11 and 12, 2024, the Critical Design Review (CDR) of the Catarina Constellation satellite under development by UFSC students and researchers will take place. The team includes several professors, master’s and doctoral students from PPGEEL, as well as undergraduate students from various UFSC courses.
Supervisor: Prof. Eduardo Augusto Bezerra
Examination committee:
29/09/21
Ian Garner Downie presented his Final Year Project.
Title: “Communications strategy for configuring nano-satellites activities scheduling“
Supervisor: Prof. Eduardo Augusto Bezerra
Examination committee:
Prof. Eduardo Augusto Bezerra, UFSC, President
Prof. Anderson Wedderhoff Spengler, UFSC
Prof. Felipe Viel, Univali
28/09/21
Title: “Static Attitude Determination Using Convolutional Neural Networks“
MDPI Sensors.
https://doi.org/10.3390/s21196419
24/09/21
André Martins Pio de Mattos presented his Final Year Project.
Title: “Development of a satellite radiation experiment for evaluating SDRAM memories in harsh environments“
Supervisor: Prof. Eduardo Augusto Bezerra
Examination committee:
Prof. Eduardo Augusto Bezerra, UFSC, President
Prof. Fabian Luis Vargas, PUCRS
Dr. Fabio Batagin Armelin, INPE
22/09/21
FloripaSat-2 and Aldebaran-I structures were fabricated by USIPED.
20/09/21
FloripaSat-2 Structure: Kinematics test of the kill-switch trigger at USIPED.
15/09/21
The thermal vacuum chamber at ESTEC has been pumped down, and Payload-XL will be exposed to temperatures in the range between -40C to +65C for the following 7 days. The goal is to emulate the orbit conditions (vacuum and temperature), when the satellite will spend a couple of hours facing the Sun, and another couple of hours in eclipse, in the Earth’s shadow. This temperature variation will last for the whole satellite’s life time, approximately 19 times a day, depending on the chosen orbit.
26/08/21
Emerson da Trindade Lemos presented his Master Thesis.
Title: “Analysis and redesign of the FloripaSat communications bus aiming to mitigate failures in the physical and data link layers“
Supervisor: Prof. Eduardo Augusto Bezerra
Thesis committee:
Prof. Eduardo Augusto Bezerra, Ph.D., UFSC, President
Prof. Fabian Luis Vargas, Dr., PUCRS
Prof. Roberto de Matos, Dr., IFSC
Prof. Héctor Pettenghi Róldan, Dr., UFSC
23/08/21
Guilherme Henrique dos Santos presented his Master Thesis.
Title: “Static Attitude Determination Using Convolutional Neural Networks“
Supervisor: Prof. Eduardo Augusto Bezerra
Thesis committee:
Prof. Eduardo Augusto Bezerra, Ph.D., UFSC, President
Prof. Danilo Silva, Dr., UFSC
Prof. Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Dr., UTFPR
Prof. Laio Oriel Seman, Dr., Univali
19/08/21
Payload-XL is under vibration tests at ESA/ESTEC.
28/08/21
Two PIBIC scholarships in the field of verification and validation of small satellites have been granted to Caique Gomes and Joao Claudio Barcellos. Congrats!
16/08/21
Payload-XL has been properly instrumented with accelerometers for the vibration tests at ESA/ESTEC.
12/08/21
The integration phase of Payload-XL has ended this morning at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in The Netherlands.
06/08/21
The Payload-XL board developed at SpaceLab has been stacked with the remaining modules of the Advanced Payload Processors (APPs) payload to be used in the GOMX-5 mission.
04/08/21
Two scholarships available in SpaceLab in the hardware/software test field. The candidates must contact Eduardo.Bezerra@ufsc.br by August 20.
03/08/21
Kleber Reis Gouveia Júnior presented his Master Thesis.
Title: “Space segment design flow for Cubesat missions reliability improvement“
Supervisor: Prof. Eduardo Augusto Bezerra
Thesis committee:
Prof. Eduardo Augusto Bezerra, Ph.D., UFSC, President
Prof. Anderson Wedderhoff Spengler, Dr., UFSC
Prof. Kleber Vieira de Paiva, Dr., UFSC
Dr. Rodrigo Leonardi, The Brazilian Space Agency
28/07/21
Dr. Cristiano Trein, Director of the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) presented the Catarina Constellation initiative to Prof. Sebastiao Soares, UFSC’s Dean of Research. Prof. Eduardo Bezerra, Amir de Oliveira, Talita Posamai, Victor de Negri, Edson de Pieri, and Sergio Peters also attended the meeting.
15/07/21
Full day workshop as a preparation activity for the Mission Definition Review (MDR) of Catarina Constellation.
28/07/20
Mr. Carlos Moura, President of the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB), Mr. Cristiano Trein, Space Sector Governance Director (Diretoria de Governança do Setor Espacial), and Mr. Paulo Barros, Portfolio Management Director (Diretor de Gestão de Portfólio), have been received by Prof. Eduardo Bezerra who made a presentation describing SpaceLab’s ongoing missions.
13/03/20
On March 12 and 13, 2020, SpaceLab met with members of UFMA, SECTI/MA, INPE e AEB for the CDR (Critical Design Review) of the next mission coordinated by the laboratory: FloripaSat-2.
09/03/20
After great demand, SpaceLab UFSC announces the result of the selection process of the first semester of 2020 for undergradate students.
08/03/20
SpaceLab UFSC publishes the results of the first phase of the Selection Process 20-1.
02/03/20
The Space Technology Research Laboratory at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (SpaceLab UFSC) opens the selection process for the first half of 2020.
10/12/19
The UbatubaSat group will launch its first CubeSat using the FloripaSat-1 platform, developed by UFSC’s SpaceLab laboratory, consisting of its core modules (EPS, OBDH and TT&C). The release is scheduled for April 2020.
28/11/19
In the latest weeks many journalists and magazine/television groups visited SpaceLab HQ in UFSC Florianópolis to know about the FloripaSat-1 mission’s development and objetives.
30/09/19
The event brought together defense areas to showcase the latest in defense products and technologies, promoting the integration of the Armed Forces with industry and technology centres.
