Qualification and validation test methodology of the open-source CubeSat FloripaSat-

• Published in: 系统工程与电子技术（英文版） 2020, Vol.31 (6), p.1230-1244
• Main Authors: MARCELINO Gabriel Mariano, FILHO Edemar Morsch, MARTINEZ Sara Vega, DE MATTOS André Martins Pio, SEMAN Laio Oriel, SLONGO Leonardo Kessler, BEZERRA Eduardo Augusto
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1004-4132
• DOI: 10.23919/JSEE.2020.000103

The FloripaSat-l project consists of an initiative from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC),in Brazil,to train students to design,test and integrate innovative space systems.The group just developed its first open-source CubeSat,the FloripaSat-l,which aims to empower students to develop space systems through a practical approach,where they have full con-trol of the design and test of a real spacecraft.The project has already gone through all the stages of a CubeSat mission prior to the launching and operation stages.A prototype of the satel-lite,as well the engineering models 1 and 2 (EM-Ⅱ and EM-Ⅱ)were built.The expertise provided by the engineering models al-lows the development of a functional flight model (FM).This pa-per presents the validation and qualification tests that pass vari-ous FloripaSat-Ⅰ models,from the engineering model to the flight model.All stages of the project are described,the tests per-formed in each phase,as well as the lessons learned.Thus,this paper serves as a guidance for other university teams that want to test their own CubeSats,as well as teams that want to use the open-source hardware and software left as heritage by this project.