Procedures for Integrating, Testing and Operating Advanced Microsatellites**The authors would like to thank the Program Science without Borders - Aerospace Technology supported by CNPq and CAPES for the PDE scholarship number 207644/2015-2 and for the joint double degree scholarship number 88887.115692/2016-00. The research leading to the results reported in this paper has received funding from Coordenação de Aperfeioamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) under the PVE grant number 88881.030392/2013-01. The authors would also like to thank the Axelspace Coorporation and the Universities of Wakayama and Tokyo for their support.,****The authors would like to thank the JASTC and the Axelspace Cooporation for their support with equipment and infrastructure

The costs involved in building and launching standard big satellites are very high. Due to the miniaturization of electronic and mechanical devices, smaller and cheaper satellites, also known as microsatellites, are becoming more capable, and thus, more important in space exploration. In other words, microsatellites can unite simplicity with capacity to carry more sophisticated payloads. This paper details practical aspects of microsatellites ranging from integrating process, vibration tests and vacuum chamber tests to its operation.