Instruments on the CuPID Cubesat Observatory
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Instruments on the CuPID CubesatObservatory
Emil A. Atz1
B.M. Walsh1, L.J. Billingsley2, M.R. Collier2, H.J. Connor2, B. Dingwall3, J. Kujawski4, K.D. Kuntz5, F.S. Porter2, D.G. Sibeck2, S.L. Snowden2, N.E. Thomas2, D.L. Turner6, A. Weatherwax7, A. Yousuff4, A. Zosuls1
1 Boston University, Center for Space Physics; 2NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; 3NASA Wallops Flight Facility; 4Drexel University; 5The Henry A. Rowland Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University; 6Space Science Applications Laboratory, The Aerospace Corporation; 7Merrimack College
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CuPID will test competing theories of magnetic reconnection
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CuPID will test competing theories of magnetic reconnection by observing the magnetospheric cusps.
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The 6U chassis houses two instrument payloads and a custom avionics system for 3-axis control.
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The 6U chassis houses two instrument payloads and a custom avionics system for 3-axis control.
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The 6U chassis houses two instrument payloads and a custom avionics system for 3-axis control.
Soft X-Ray Telescope
Radiation Micro-dosimeter
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Soft X-Ray Telescope:Lobster Eye Optics
Human Made Optics Slumped Micro-pore Reflector
Slide content originated from B.M. Walsh
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Soft X-Ray Telescope:Lobster Eye Optics
Micro-Pore Reflector allows for filtering material to be added on top of optic array
Polyimide/Aluminum DXL/STORM [Collier, 2015]
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Soft X-Ray Telescope:“Magnetic” Optics
Magnet Array
Light Baffles
[Collier, 2015]
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Soft X-Ray Telescope:Micro-Channel Detector Plate
CuPID First Light 11/04/2016
Point Spread Function
Recent Testing 06/13/2018
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The 6U chassis houses two instrument payloads and a custom avionics system for 3-axis control.
Soft X-Ray Telescope
Radiation Micro-dosimeter
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Micro-Dosimeter Suite:Collimation
Mechanical FOV is ~45 degrees
Experimental FOV is ~50 degrees(still undergoing testing)
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Micro-Dosimeter SuiteDetection
Foil layer before silicon detector
Dos-A18μm Aluminum> 50keV Electrons
Dos-B0.2μm Nickel > 50keV Electrons and Protons
Bench testing at BU
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Instrument Heritage
Soft X-Ray Telescope:
DXL Sounding Rocket 2015
Micro-Dosimeters
Aerospace Corp. AeroCube-6
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Questions?