@InProceedings{DosSantos:2018:PrHaCu,
               author = "Dos Santos, Walter Abrah{\~a}o",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "Promoting hands-on Cubesat activities for space education and 
                         outreach in Brazil",
                 year = "2018",
         organization = "International Astronautical Congress, 69.",
             abstract = "Promoting STEM activities in Brazil has a surmount importance as 
                         statistics shows these carriers are lagging behind. The space 
                         segment is a sensitive one due to the highly interdisciplinary 
                         topics it might tackle. Therefore this work presents a set of 
                         activities where the cubesat concept and all major ancillary space 
                         systems engineering topics are introduced in a 30-minute hands-on 
                         seminar for a team of up to 4 people. The script of ludic 
                         activities follows a typical space mission lifecycle starting with 
                         Phase-0/A - Mission and Feasibility Analysis and ending with Phase 
                         F - System Disposal. In the Phase-0/A the concept of mission goals 
                         and CONOPS diagram are worked with a team of participants. Phase B 
                         asks for preliminary design definition where the team defines the 
                         payload subsystem suitable for achieving mission goals. Detailed 
                         design definition follows next in Phase C where payload details 
                         are asked and an Arduinobased cubesat platform is handled with 
                         dummies for solar sensor, reaction wheels, temperature sensors, 
                         telemetry feedback (a overheat buzzer alarm and led for solar 
                         position indication), batteries and on-board software for 
                         orchestrating all subsystems. In Phase-D, the team works with 
                         cubesat manufacturing, AIT, qualification concepts and are asked 
                         to assemble the electronics using breadboards, power-up with 
                         batteries and perform systems checking. The launch and operation 
                         concepts are briefly introduce in the Phase-E where the cubesat is 
                         enclosed in ludic box and on-board systems performance and 
                         telemetry functions checked. Systems disposal, Phase-E, closes the 
                         seminar where participants de-assemble the cubesat box and 
                         internal components and return them to their prior location. This 
                         allows for next session of seminar to commence its activities 
                         orderly and presents the importance of recycling for a better 
                         world. Feedback collected from seminar participants is quite 
                         encouraging since this presents complex concepts in a ludic yet 
                         funny way making the audience open to space education and 
                         outreaching for future projects and STEM carriers.",
  conference-location = "Bremen",
      conference-year = "01-05 oct.",
             language = "pt",
           targetfile = "dos santos_promoting.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "12 maio 2024"
}