BlackCAT Spacecraft

BlackCAT
BlackCAT
BlackCAT
BlackCAT
Name BlackCAT (Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope)
Form factor CubeSat
Units or mass 6U
Status not launched, expected in 2025
Launcher not launched
Organisation Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
Institution University
Entity type Academic / Education
Country US
Manufacturer AIVT by NanoAvionics
Operator ?
Costs $5.8M
Oneliner

Soft X-ray sky monitor for high-energy astrophysics.

Description
  • Monitor deep space for high-redshift Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) using wide FOV.
  • Locate EM counterparts of gravitational wave events from black hole/neutron star mergers.
  • Monitor the sky and trigger alerts from high energy transient events (frequently associated with accreting black hole systems).
  • Technology development to create new opportunities for future constellations of CubeSats and/or larger missions.
Sources [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Photo sources [1]
COTS subsystems
  • PLATFORM - NanoAvionics
Subsystems sources [1]

Last modified: 2024-12-22

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