The INPE-UFSM's NANOSATC-BR CubeSats Development Program started in
early 2008. Nowadays, the program has two CubeSats in space: the
NANOSATC-BR1 (1U), launched in 2014 and currently in standby mode, and the
NANOSATC-BR2 (2U), which was recently launched in March 22, 2021 from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. In this article, the launch of NANOSATC-BR2
is presented, alongside with its final tests, initial operations and
expected scientific results. Regarding the Capacity Building, the main
objective of the program, this work focuses in the involvement of the
Federal University of Santa Maria - UFSM undergraduate students and
professionals in the tracking and control of CubeSats through the INPE’s
Ground Station at Santa Maria, which works as an excellent tool for
supporting CubeSat scientific missions from all around the world and also to
qualify students to work on the Ground Segment of space missions. The
program was supported by the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) and the Ministry
of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI).
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