MinXSS Satellite

MinXSS
MinXSS
MinXSS
MinXSS
MinXSS
Satellite name MinXSS (Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer CubeSat)
Spacecraft type CubeSat
Units or mass 3U
Status Reentry 2017-05-05. Was operational (Offical website)
Launched 2015-12-06
NORAD ID 41474
Deployer NRCSD (NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) [Quad-M]
Launcher Atlas V
Deployment Deployed from ISS on 2016-05-17
Organisation University of Colorado Boulder
Institution University
Entity Academic / Education
Country US
Launch brokerer Nanoracks
Oneliner

Measure the intensity of the soft x-ray spectrum from 0.6 keV (20Å) to 25 keV (0.5Å).

Description

The importance of the MinXSS mission is providing new spectral obser-vations of the solar SXR near the maximum of solar cycle 24, improving the understanding of how highly variable solar X-rays affect the ITM, and advancing the knowledge of flare energetics in the SXR. Measure the intensity of the soft x-ray spectrum from 0.6 keV (20Å) to 25 keV (0.5Å).

Sources [1] [2]
Photo sources [1] [2] [3] [4]
COTS subsystems
  • ADCS - Blue Canyon XACT
Subsystems sources [1]
On the same launch

Last modified: 2024-05-29

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