Name | NANOSATC-BR1 (NCBR-1) |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 1U |
Status | Semi-operational, only beacon in sunlight. Was operational until 2016-XX-XX. (Last SatNOGS report 2019-05-21, but no data. Official news and paper celebrates 4.5 years of operation, but only beacon since 2016 as batteries can no longer hold the minimum voltage) |
Launched | 2014-06-19 |
NORAD ID | 40024 |
Deployer | QuadPack (XL) [ISISpace] |
Launcher | Dnepr |
Organisation | National Institute of Space Research |
Institution | Institute |
Entity | Government (Civil / Military) |
Nation | Brazil |
Launch brokerer | ISILaunch |
Oneliner | Monitor real time the space weather and atmosphere anomalies over the Brazilian territory. |
Failure cause | Battery can no longer hold a charge because a probable damage caused by intense magnetic solar storms in September-October 2014. Since 2018 only transmitting in sunlight. |
Sources | [1] [2] |
Last modified: 2021-08-02
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