Foresail-2 Satellite

Satellite Foresail-2
Form factor CubeSat
Units or mass 6U
Status not launched, expected in 2026
Launcher not launched
Organisation Finnish Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Space
Institution Institute
Entity type Government (Civil / Military)
Country Finland
Partners University of Helsinki, Aalto University, University of Turku, Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
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CubeSat to GTO with tether for Coulomb Drag Experiment and measuring radiation in the Van Allen belts.

Description

Support ULF plasma wave modeling in Vlasiator. Coulomb Drag Experiment (CDE): Deploying a long charged tether; measuring ambient plasma density, and the strength of Coulomb drag in different plasma densities. Relativistic Electron and Proton Experiment (REPE): Measuring electron and proton spectra, to monitor the dynamics of the most penetrating radiation in the Van Allen belts Magnetic field measurements

Sources [1] [2] [3] [4]
Subsystems sources [1]
Keywords GTO or GEO orbit, Tether, Propulsion

Last modified: 2024-05-29

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