GRIFEX Satellite

GRIFEX
GRIFEX
Spacecraft GRIFEX (GEO-CAPE ROIC In-Flight Performance Experiment)
Spacecraft type CubeSat
Units or mass 3U
Status Reentry 2024-02-24. Was operational (Last SatNOGS dashboard update 2023-06-08 as of 2023-06-08. Marked as Complete on NASA CubeSat Fleet Database.)
Launched 2015-01-31
NORAD ID 40379
Deployer P-POD (Poly-Picosatellite Orbital Deployer)
Launcher Delta II
Organisation University of Michigan
Institution University
Entity Academic / Education
Headquarters US
Launch brokerer Tyvak, ?
Partners NASA Earth Science Technology Office, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Oneliner

Validate technology for the Panchromatic Fourier Transform Spectrometer (PanFTS).

Description

Validate detector technology for the Panchromatic Fourier Transform Spectrometer (PanFTS) which is an imaging FTS designed to operate in Geostationary orbit. GRIFEX will provide an on-orbit verification of a high performance focal plane array (FPA) consisting of an innovative in-pixel analog-to-digital (ADC) readout integrated circuit (ROIC) hybridized to a silicon detector array.

The PanFTS engineering model instrument is currently being developed which will incorporate the focal plane assembly (FPA) and signal chain technology validated by the GRIFEX CubeSat flight experiment. GRIFEX will validate the JPL developed digital FPA and signal chain for the same signal levels expected for PanFTS in geostationary orbit.

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Last modified: 2024-05-29

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