The FloripaSat-I project consists of an initiative from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), in Brazil, to train students to design, test and integrate innovative space systems. The group just developed its first open-source CubeSat, the FloripaSat-I, which aims to empower students to develop space systems through a practical approach, where they have full control of the design and test of a real spacecraft. The project has already gone through all the stages of a CubeSat mission prior to the launching and operation stages. A prototype of the satellite, as well the engineering models 1 and 2 (EM-I and EM-II) were built. The expertise provided by the engineering models allows the development of a functional flight model (FM). This paper presents the validation and qualification tests that pass various FloripaSat-I models, from the engineering model to the flight model. All stages of the project are described, the tests performed in each phase, as well as the lessons learned. Thus, this paper serves as a guidance for other university teams that want to test their own CubeSats, as well as teams that want to use the open-source hardware and software left as heritage by this project.

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开源CubeSat FloripaSat-I的鉴定和验证测试方法

FloripaSat-I项目由巴西圣卡塔琳娜州联邦大学（UFSC）发起的一项计划组成，旨在训练学生设计，测试和集成创新的太空系统。该小组刚刚开发出了首个开源CubeSat，即FloripaSat-I，其目的是使学生能够通过一种切实可行的方法来开发太空系统，使他们能够完全控制真实太空船的设计和测试。在启动和运行阶段之前，该项目已经完成了CubeSat任务的所有阶段。卫星的原型以及工程模型1和2（EM-I和EM-II）均已制成。工程模型提供的专业知识允许开发功能飞行模型（FM）。本文介绍了通过各种FloripaSat-I模型的验证和资格测试，从工程模型到飞行模型。描述了项目的所有阶段，在每个阶段执行的测试，以及汲取的教训。因此，本文为希望测试自己的CubeSat的其他大学团队以及希望使用该项目遗留下来的开源硬件和软件的团队提供了指南。