The Brazilian satellite SPORT (Scintillation Prediction Observations Research Task) will be launched into space on a SpaceX rocket this Tuesday afternoon (22). The miniaturized satellite (nanosatellite) was developed by the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA), alongside NASA, the US space agency, and other national and foreign partners.
The launch takes place around 17:45 pm, from the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida (USA), and can be followed live through transmissions from NASA and billionaire Elon Musk's own company.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltY790_MdtM
According to the Brazilian Air Force (FAB), the satellite is a CubeSat 6U for scientific research in the ionosphere. This means that they are nanosatellite satellites, formed by units of cubes with ten centimeters on a side, each unit having a value of 1U.
Some of these nanosatellites, such as SPORT, are at the forefront of knowledge, being able to perform certain functions that large satellites perform, but at a much lower cost, which makes them very attractive for application in space research.
SPORT has the mission of monitoring the ionosphere (upper layer of the atmosphere), collecting data for the study of the effects of solar storms, which cause disturbances in activities of today's society, such as the interruption of the GPS signal, the blackouts of communications, interruption in power transmission and many others.
ITA worked together with the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), NASA and North American universities to develop the satellite, approved by the American Institution and the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB).
Learn more about the Brazilian satellite SPORT by clicking here.
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