THE BRAZILIAN SCIENTIFIC SATELLITE

Authors
SOBRAL JHA MURALIKRISHNA P ABDU MA GONZALEZALARCON WD PINTO O CLEMESHA BR TAKAHASHI H TRIVEDI NB JAYANTI UB KIRCHHOFF VWJH ZAMLUTTI CJ DIAS OP CEBALLOS DC
Citation
Jha. Sobral et al., THE BRAZILIAN SCIENTIFIC SATELLITE, Acta astronautica, 32(10), 1994, pp. 675-682
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Aerospace Engineering & Tecnology
Journal title
Acta astronautica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00945765
Volume
32
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
675 - 682
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-5765(1994)32:10<675:TBSS>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Two scientific satellites are being proposed by the Institute Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE). The first of them is being designed to carry out about ten ionospheric, thermospheric, magnetospheric and as trophysical experiments. Its orbit will be circular, inclined 25 degre es with respect to the equatorial plane and 700 km of altitude. The sp acecraft is to be launched by the Brazilian VLS rocket from the Brazil ian equatorial launching facility Alcantara. Details on such a satelli te program will be given in this presentation. The plans for the secon d satellite were incomplete by the time that this paper was written, t hus it will not be focused upon here.