| Spacecraft | Foresail-2 |
|---|---|
| Spacecraft type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 6U |
| Status | not launched, expected in 2026 |
| Launcher | not launched |
| Entity name | Finnish Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Space |
| Institution | Institute |
| Entity type | Government (Civil / Military) |
| Nation | Finland |
| Partners | University of Helsinki, Aalto University, University of Turku, Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) |
| 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] |
| Subsystems sources | [1] |
| Keywords | GTO or GEO orbit, Tether, Propulsion |
Last modified: 2023-12-16
