CTIM FD
CTIM FD
CTIM FD
Satellite CTIM FD (Compact Total Irradiance Monitor Flight Demonstration, CTIM-FD)
Form factor CubeSat
Units or mass 6U
Status Reentry 2023-12-07. Was operational (News on 2022-12-05 about preparing first results as of 2022-12-20. SmallSat 2023 presentation.)
Launched 2022-07-02
NORAD ID 52950
Deployer RailPOD [Tyvak],?
Launcher LauncherOne (ELaNa 39)
Organization University of Colorado Boulder
Institution University
Entity Academic / Education
Nation US
Oneliner

Demonstrate next-generation Compact Total Irradiance Monitor that will help to provide an understanding of Earth’s climate change.

Description

Demonstration mission of a next-generation Compact Total Irradiance Monitor that will help to provide an understanding of Earth’s climate change. Incoming radiant energy from the sun is measured as the total solar irradiance, which is a natural factor that changes our climate (also called a climate forcing). Total solar irradiance has been measured from space by a 40-year, uninterrupted sequence of instruments. CTIM will allow measurements to be made with the same accuracy and long-term stability while using a much smaller instrument.

Results

CTIM solar science collection has improved by 10% over the mission lifetime.

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Last modified: 2023-12-28

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