FIREBIRD-2 Satellites

FIREBIRD-2
FIREBIRD-2
FIREBIRD-2
Satellite name FIREBIRD-2 (Focused Investigations of Relativistic Electron Burst, Intensity, Range, and Dynamics)
Spacecraft type CubeSat
Units or mass 1.5U
Entity name Montana State University
Institution University
Entity Academic / Education
Headquarters US
Launch brokerer Tyvak, ?
Partners University of New Hampshire, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), National Science Foundation, Aerospace Corporation
Oneliner

Space weather mission to study electron microbursts in Van Allen belts.

Description

Space weather Cubesat mission to resolve the spatial scale size and energy dependence of electron microbursts in the Van Allen radiation belts.

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Related Spacecraft

Spacecraft Status Launcher Launch date Orbit
FIREBIRD-2 C (FU3, FIREBIRD-3, FIREBIRD 3, Focused Investigations of Relativistic Electron Burst, Intensity, Range, and Dynamics) Reentry 2023-08-02. Was operational (Last SatNOGS report with data 2023-06-08 as of 2023-06-08) Delta II 2015-01-31 440 x 670 km, 99.1 deg
FIREBIRD-2 D (FU4, FIREBIRD-4, FIREBIRD 4, Focused Investigations of Relativistic Electron Burst, Intensity, Range, and Dynamics) Reentry 2023-08-08. Was operational (Last SatNOGS report with data 2023-06-08 as of 2023-06-08) Delta II 2015-01-31 440 x 670 km, 99.1 deg

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