CURIE Spacecraft

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Spacecraft name CURIE
Spacecraft type CubeSat
Units or mass 3U
Organisation University of California, Berkeley
Institution University
Entity type Academic / Education
Country US
Launch brokerer NASA CSLI / ELaNa
Oneliner

Radio astronomy missions to measure radio waves from 0.1-19MHz.

Description

Measures radio waves from 0.1-19MHz, which must be measured from space, as those frequencies fall below the cutoff imposed by Earth's ionosphere.

The principal science objective for~~** **~~CURIE is to use radio interferometry to study radio burst emissions from solar eruptive events such as flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in the inner heliosphere. It will be able to determine the location and size of radio burst source regions and then to track their movement outward from the Sun. CURIE will provide observations important to understanding the space weather environment.

Launch as a 6U Cubesat and then separate into two 3U Cubesats once in orbit

Results

CURIE successfully deployed from the rocket and is expected to establish ground communications next week.

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Related Spacecraft

Satellite Status Rocket Date Orbit
CURIE A (CUbesat Radio Interferometry Experiment) No signal? (No news found after launch and object not identified, but could be operating only over California, as of 2024-12-16) Ariane 6, (ELaNa 48) 2024-07-09 570 km, 62 deg
CURIE B (CUbesat Radio Interferometry Experiment) No signal? (No news found after launch and object not identified, but could be operating only over California, as of 2024-12-16. Attached to CURIE A?) Ariane 6, (ELaNa 48) 2024-07-09 570 km, 62 deg

Last modified: 2024-12-23

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