Name | SIMBA (Sun-earth IMBAlance) |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 3U |
Status | Was operational until 2022-12-31? Retired? (Operated until end of December 2022 as per abstract from CubeSat Industry Days) |
Launched | 2020-09-02 |
NORAD ID | 46279 |
Deployer | QuadPack (XL) [ISISpace] |
Launcher | Vega (Small Satellite Mission Service) |
Organisation | Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium |
Institution | Institute |
Entity type | Government (Civil / Military) |
Country | Belgium |
Manufacturer | AIVT by ISISpace |
Operator | ISISpace |
Partners | KU Leuven University, ESA (European Space Agency) |
Oneliner |
Measure the Total Solar Irradiance and Earth Radiation Budget climate variables with a miniaturized radiometer instrument. |
Description |
Study the feasibility to monitor with the same instrument both the incoming solar radiation and the earths outgoing radiation. |
Sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
Photo sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] |
COTS subsystems |
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Subsystems sources | [1] |
Keywords | QB50 |
On the same launch |
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Last modified: 2024-05-29