missions and projects
R&D OF unique, custom-built systems FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS
We bring together people from different fields and knowledge to create systems for a variety of applications using consolidate techniques and methods. From the concept to the final product, covering all the Technology Readiness Levels (TRL). the team members design and develop state-of-the-art space solutions.
MISSIONS AND PROJECTS TIMELINE
- Genesis of FloripaSat-1.
- Microgravity program.
- Serpens-I development.
- FloripaSat-1 prototype.
- FloripaSat-1 first Engineering Model.
- Serpens-I launch!
- FloripaSat-1 second Engineering Model.
- SpaceLab setup.
- FloripaSat-1 Flight Model.
- Payload-X Proto-flight.
- FloripaSat-1 AIT and qualification campaign.
- Payload-XL development.
- GOMX-5 mission with ESA and Gomspace.
- FloripaSat-1 launch!
- Start of FloripaSat-2 mission.
- Microgravity program.
- FloripaSat-2 development.
- Payload-XL launch with the ESA’s GOMX-5 mission.
- Catarina Constellation
- More activities soon.
Ongoing missions and projects
GOLDS-UFSC
a.k.a FloripaSat-2
2u cubesat SATELLITE
The mission is under development as a partnership between SpaceLab/UFSC, INPE, and the Brazilian Space Agency. It is a data collection mission, and an in-orbit technology demonstration for the Environmental Data Collection (EDC) module developed by INPE-RN. The modules designed by the SpaceLab team for the GOLDS-UFSC mission are based on the FloripaSat bus, and are employed also in other missions as Aldebaran-I and the Catarina Constellation.
Payload-XL / GOMX-5
Rad-hard FPGA
Payload designed at SpaceLab, in a partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA/ESTEC) for the GOMX-5 mission. GOMX-5 is a 12U satellite from Gomspace, from Denmark. Payload-XL used the BRAVE NG-Large FPGA, provided by NanoXplore, from France.
Catarina Constellation
2 x 2u cubesat SATELLITES
FloripaSat’s bus to be used in the Catarina Constellation satellites under development at SpaceLab.
Microgravity-II
SUB-ORBITAL launch mission
Research and development of scientific payloads to be used in a sub-orbital flight.
past missions and projects
Serpens-I
3u cubesat mission
The Serpens-I mission was developed by UnB team, with the support of a consortium of universities, including UFSC.
Microgravity-I
SUB-ORBITAL and ISS missions
Participation in the research and development of scientific payloads used in sub-orbital flights, and also on-board the International Space Station (ISS).
Payload-X
Rad-hard FPGA
Payload for cubesats using the BRAVE rad-hard FPGA from Nanoxplore, with the institutional support from the European Space Agency (ESA).
FloripaSat-1
1u cubesat SATELLITE
Launch date: 20 December 2019.
Mission lifetime: 12 months
