CSSWE Satellite

CSSWE
CSSWE
Satellite name CSSWE (Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment)
Form factor CubeSat
Units or mass 3U
Status Was operational until 2014-12-22. Battery degradation (Official website)
Launched 2012-09-13
NORAD ID 38761
Deployer P-POD (Poly-Picosatellite Orbital Deployer)
Launcher Atlas V
Organisation University of Colorado Boulder
Institution University
Entity Academic / Education
Country US
Launch brokerer Cal Poly, Naval Postgraduate School
Oneliner

Measure the directional differential flux of Solar Energetic Protons (SEPs) and Earth’s radiation belt electrons.

Description

Measure the directional differential flux of Solar Energetic Protons (SEPs) and Earth’s radiation belt electrons.

Failure cause Battery degradation and not enough power to receive or transmit data.
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Photo sources [1] [2]
On the same launch

Last modified: 2024-05-29

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