Satellite | CeREs (Compact Radiation Belt Explorer) |
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Form factor | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 3U |
Status | Reentry 2022-12-14? Was semi-operational until 2018-12-XX? (Indirect tweet from Jonathan McDowell on 2019-03-04 and official presentation at Planetary CubeSats Symposum) |
Launched | 2018-12-16 |
NORAD ID | 43853? |
Deployer | RailPOD [Tyvak] |
Launcher | Electron |
Organization | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Institution | Space agency |
Entity type | Government (Civil / Military) |
Headquarters | US |
Launch brokerer | TriSept |
Oneliner |
Study primary radiation belt energization, as well as loss electron spectra and microbursts. |
Description |
CeREs will study primary radiation belt energization, as well as loss electron spectra and microbursts. It will also observe solar electron spectra from > 5 keV. CubeSat that will be placed in a high inclination LEO. |
Results |
Marked as Failure in the NASA SmallSat/CubeSat Fleet Missions Database. |
Sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
Photo sources | [1] [2] [3] |
COTS subsystems |
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Subsystems sources | [1] |
On the same launch |
Last modified: 2024-12-15