Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences (CU Smead AES)
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instrumentspacecraft / CubeSatHistoricalIndustry: Aerospace
Service Dates: 05/16/2016 - 05/06/2017. Mission success. Deorbited: 5/6/2017
- Category
- Physical Infrastructure
- Affiliations
- CU Smead AES; LASP
Description
Miniature X-ray solar spectrometer CubeSat measuring the soft X-ray spectrum from 0.4 to 30 keV with <0.15 keV FWHM resolution; launched 12/6/2015 (ULA/Orbital-ATK OA-4), operated 2016–2017, deorbited 5/6/2017; PI Tom Woods; NSF and NASA funded.
Official page
https://www.colorado.edu/aerospace/research/cu-boulder-cubesats
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Details
- Keywords
- solar x-ray spectrometer, energy resolution, ula/orbital-atk oa-4, blue canyon technologies, nsf and nasa funding
- Location
- Deorbited 5/6/2017
- Measurement band
- Soft X-ray, 0.4–30 keV
- Instrument platform
- CubeSat
- Associated entity
- Smead dept site: CU Boulder CubeSats page
- Status
- 5/6/2017
- Deployment platform
- CubeSat