Name | Foresail-2 |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 6U |
Status | not launched, expected in 2023 |
Organisation | Finnish Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Space |
Institution | Institute |
Entity | Government (Civil / Military) |
Nation | Finland |
Oneliner |
CubeSat to GTO with tether for Coulomb Drag Experiment and measuring radiation in the Van Allen belts. |
Description |
Support ULF plasma wave modeling in Vlasiator. Coulomb Drag Experiment (CDE): Deploying a long charged tether; measuring ambient plasma density, and the strength of Coulomb drag in different plasma densities. Relativistic Electron and Proton Experiment (REPE): Measuring electron and proton spectra, to monitor the dynamics of the most penetrating radiation in the Van Allen belts Magnetic field measurements |
Sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
Keywords | GTO or GEO orbit, Tether, Propulsion |
Last modified: 2022-12-29
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