RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This coming Saturday, March 20th, the Brazilian NanoSatC-Br2 nanosatellite will be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan. With a mass of 1.72 kilograms, the device will be launched into low orbit (LEO) by the Russian Soyuz-2 rocket launcher, operated by the Roscosmos Space Agency.
The nanosatellite is intended to study and monitor, in real time, the disturbances observed in the Earth’s magnetosphere, the intensity of the geomagnetic field, and the precipitation of energetic particles over Brazilian territory.
The NanosatC-Br2 will position Brazil at the forefront of the debate on important research issues related to Geospace, Aeronomy, Space Geophysics and Space Engineering and Technology.
The NanoSatC-Br2 is the second Brazilian university scientific nanosatellite, developed under the NanoSatC-Br Program, which consists of a partnership between the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB), the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) and the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), in Rio Grande do Sul, focused on the integration and training of university professors, undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and technologists in space research projects and related areas, such as the development of engineering, space technologies, and computer and space sciences.
The public will be able to watch the live broadcast on the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations (MCTI) social networks in the early hours of Friday to Saturday, with live coverage starting at 1 AM, and the launch at 3:07 AM.
Source: Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations