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A Brief (incomplete) Small Sat History @ CU
1946
1948
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LASP
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1956
LASP
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all A
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1958
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Timeline mostly includes student centric milestones, details on all LASP project can be found at http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/missions-projects/
2008
CU
AES
/LA
SP s
tud
ents
wh
o
wo
rked
on
SN
OE
star
t B
lue
Can
yon
Te
chn
olo
gies
1965-1975
LASP
bu
ilds
inst
rum
ents
fo
r M
arin
er 5
,6,7
,8 &
91976-1989
Sola
r M
eso
sph
ere
Exp
lore
r (S
ME)
op
erat
ed
b
y C
U s
tud
ents
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in
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ts b
uilt
by
LASP
on
a B
all b
us.
1995-2003
Stu
den
t N
itri
c O
xid
e Ex
plo
rer
(SN
OE)
sat
ellit
e an
d in
stru
men
ts b
uilt
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op
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ed b
y A
ES/L
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st
ud
ents
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rofe
ssio
nal
s2012
CSS
WE
Cu
beS
at la
un
ched
(A
ES/L
ASP
)
2014
2015 2018
DA
ND
E la
un
ched
(A
ES/C
OSG
C U
NP
-5)
Min
XSS
-1 C
ub
eSat
lau
nch
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ud
es S
/N 0
01
BC
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AC
T(A
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)
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XSS
-2 la
un
ch 2
Q1
8(A
ES/L
ASP
Cu
beS
at)
2017
QB
50
Cu
beS
at la
un
ched
2Q
(AES
)
2020
MA
XW
ELL
Cu
beS
at L
aun
ch [
NET
2Q
20
](A
ES U
NP
-9)
2004
3C
S la
un
ched
(C
OSG
C U
NP
-1&
2)
2014
ALL
-STA
R C
ub
eSat
lau
nch
ed
(CO
SGC
/LM
CO
)
2011
HER
MES
Cu
beS
at la
un
ched
(C
OSG
C)
2018
PO
LAR
Cu
be
Cu
beS
at L
aun
ch [
4Q
17
](C
OSG
C/E
CEE
UN
P-8
)
1989
CO
SGC
Fo
un
ded
2019
CU
-E3
Cu
beS
at S
LS L
aun
ch [
Net
4Q
19
](A
ES N
ASA
Cu
beQ
ues
tC
hal
len
ge)
2006
New
Ho
rizo
ns
lau
nch
es t
oP
luto
wit
h C
U s
tud
ent
bu
iltSt
ud
ent
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st C
ou
nte
r
2015
New
Ho
rizo
ns
arri
ves
atP
luto
wit
h C
U s
tud
ent
bu
iltSt
ud
ent
Du
st C
ou
nte
r
2001
AES
hir
es f
irst
Sm
all
Sat
Pro
fess
or
(Pal
o)
2015
AES
hir
es s
eco
nd
Sm
all
Sat
Pro
fess
or
(Mar
shal
l)
2005
AES
gra
du
ates
fir
st S
mal
lSa
t P
hD
(Sh
rive
r)
Jan 2014 - PresentAug 2009 - Jan 2015 Aug 2011 – May 2017
DANDE (39267)Launch Sep 2013331x1426km 81o
SpaceX Falcon-9 Flight #6
Challenger (42721)Launch Apr 2017
410x410km 51.2o [ISS]ULA ATLAS V [OA-7]
Jan 2007 – Mar 2014
MinXSS-1 (41474)Launch Dec 2015
402x402km 51.2o [ISS]ULA Atlas V [OA-4]
Recent SmallSat work at CUHeliophysics
CSSWE (38761)Launch Sep 2012442x777km 64.6o
ULA Atlas V [NROL-36]
MinXSS-2 CUTE
Launch 1Q20
MAXWELL
Launch NET 2Q20
Upcoming CU Cubesat Missions
CSIM
Launch 3Q18
CU-E3
Launch NET 4Q19Launch 2Q18SSO 575km
INSIPRE-SAT
Launch 4Q19
Heliophysics Earth Science AstrophysicsCentennial Challenge
Space Science
CU-E3Colorado Earth Escape Explorer
Part of the NASA CubeQuest Challenge
Demonstrate Deep Space CubeSat Com
Placed 4th in ground tournament #2
Placed 3rd in ground tournament #3
Placed 2rd in ground tournament #4
Selected for launch on EM-1
Enabled through AES graduate projectscurriculum
Builds on prior hardware development – X-bandradio
Prototyping novel X-band reflectarray
Leverage partnerships
BCT – XB1 small satellite bus with XACT ADCS
ATLAS ground station resources
Scheduled delivery, 2Q17
The Colorado Ultraviolet Transit
Experiment (CUTE)
A Dedicated Cubesat Mission for the study of
Exoplanetary Mass Loss and Magnetic Fields
University of Colorado:Kevin France (PI), Brian Fleming (PS), Nicholas Nell, Richard Kohnert (PM), Kelsey Pool, ArikaEgan, Keri Hoadley, Stefan Ulrich
United States:Tommi Koskinen (UoA), Matthew Beasley (PRI)
Europe:Luca Fossati (ÖAW), Aline Vidotto (TCD), Jean-Michel Desert (Amsterdam), Pascal Petit (UdT)
Objectives and Description
Status and Approach Industry Application
Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE): Mass-Loss and Magnetic Fields in Extreme Environments
NASA’s Strategic Goals:
“Seeking to discover and
study planets orbiting other stars”
“Advance the Nation’s STEM
education and workforce pipeline”
• Escaping atmospheres of short-period planets are best probed with high-opacity atomic species entrained in the outflow found at ultraviolet wavelengths
• The presence and strength of (exo)planetary magnetic fields can be diagnosed by studying transit light curve asymmetries.
• CUTE will carry out near-UV transit spectroscopy to measure atmospheric escape rates and potentially discover magnetic fields on 12 – 20 short-period planets over a 7 month science mission
6U cubesat (BCT) housing an f/2.6
Cassegrain telescope feeding a
compact, low resolution (R = 3000)
spectrograph operating from 2550 –
3300 Å. The spectrogram is recorded
on a UV-optimized e2v CCD.
• NASA-supported program (2017) employing a team of undergraduate and graduate students from science and engineering departments as well as LASP researchers and faculty.
• Expose students to a complete NASA mission: from proposal to development to launch
• Orbital observatory-class science on a suborbital budget
• Nominal Q1-2020 launch
Kevin France – University of Colorado
Compact Spectral Irradiance Monitor (CSIM) CubeSat
PI: Dr. Erik Richard
• NASA Earth Science division science mission to fill the climate record gap for the solar spectral irradiance (SSI) in the 200-2400 nm range (near UV, visible, near IR).
• 6U CubeSat with CSIM prism spectrometer and with spacecraft bus from Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT).
• CSIM CubeSat launch is planned for Sept. 2018 into SSO at 500 km altitude for a 5-year mission.
• New S-band ground station is being added this year. CSIM is 3rd generation
of SIM and is 1/10 the mass of original SIM
INSPIRESat-1 Breakdown of Responsibilities
INSPIRESAt-1 Summary
INSPIRESat-1 Assembly
INSPIRESat-1 – Science Objectives
INSPIRESat-1 - Ionosphere observations
• INSPIRESat-1 is scheduled for launch in Q4 of 2019 on an ISRO PSLV
• The satellite is being built jointly by CU, NCU (Taiwan) and IIST (India)
The Compact Ionosphere Probe consists of a Planar Langmuir Probe, Retarding Potential Analyzer, Ion Trap and Ion Drift Meter
• Observe occurrence and evolution of equatorial Plasma bubbles.
• Observe Midnight Temperature Maximum features.
• Observe Ion/electron temperatures, density and velocities