There is currently a pressing necessity of developing new satellites, both to assure the operation continuity of the Brazilian Environmental Data Collection (SBCD), as well as to take care of new demands for environmental monitoring, supplying new services and incorporating improvements to the system performance. The mission of CONASAT comprises designing a solution to the Brazilian Environmental Data Collection - SBCD, based on the use of a constellation of nano satellites with mass between 1 kg to 10 kg, using emerging technologies in the fields of electronics and telecommunications and the definition of a space mission in accordance with international standards applied in the space. The primary mission of the CONASAT satellite is receive the signals sent by the Platforms Environmental Data Collection, located throughout the Brazilian territory and territorial sea, treat them and resubmit them back to earth receiving stations.Pages: 9108-911
