| Spacecraft name | IMPRESS (IMpulsive Phase Rapid Energetic Solar Spectrometer) |
|---|---|
| Spacecraft type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 3U |
| Status | not launched, expected in 2024 |
| Launcher | not launched |
| Entity name | University of Minnesota |
| Institution | University |
| Entity | Academic / Education |
| Nation | US |
| Launch brokerer | NASA CSLI / ELaNa |
| Partners | National Science Foundation |
| Oneliner |
Hard X-ray spectrometer that will investigate particle acceleration in solar flares. |
| Description |
IMPRESS is a hard X-ray spectrometer sponsored by the National Science Foundation that will investigate particle acceleration in solar flares. It will perform soft and hard X-ray spectroscopy of solar flares in the rising phase of Solar Cycle 25. Solar flares play an important role in the origins of space weather that can affect the near-Earth environment. |
| Sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] |
| Photo sources | [1] |
Last modified: 2024-05-29
