Name | FIREBIRD |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 1.5U |
Organisation | Montana State University |
Institution | University |
Entity | Academic / Education |
Nation | US |
Launch brokerer | Tyvak, ? |
Partners | University of New Hampshire, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), National Science Foundation, Aerospace Corporation |
Oneliner |
Space weather mission to study electron microbursts in Van Allen belts. |
Description |
Space weather Cubesat mission to resolve the spatial scale size and energy dependence of electron microbursts in the Van Allen radiation belts. |
Sources | [1] |
Photo sources | [1] |
Related Spacecraft
Name | Status | Launch | Orbit |
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FIREBIRD A (FU1, Focused Investigations of Relativistic Electron Burst, Intensity, Range, and Dynamics) | Was operational, awakened 2014-04-12 and operated until 2014-09-15. | 2013-12-06 | 460 x 890 km, 120.5 deg |
FIREBIRD B (FU2, Focused Investigations of Relativistic Electron Burst, Intensity, Range, and Dynamics) | Was operational until 2014-01-21, latched up. Occasional beacons afterwards. | 2013-12-06 | 460 x 890 km, 120.5 deg |
Last modified: 2023-06-08
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