Name | IMPRESS (IMpulsive Phase Rapid Energetic Solar Spectrometer) |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 3U |
Status | not launched, expected in 2023 |
Organisation | University of Minnesota |
Institution | University |
Entity | Academic / Education |
Nation | US |
Launch brokerer | NASA CSLI / ELaNa |
Partners | National Science Foundation |
Oneliner |
Hard X-ray spectrometer that will investigate particle acceleration in solar flares. |
Description |
IMPRESS is a hard X-ray spectrometer sponsored by the National Science Foundation that will investigate particle acceleration in solar flares. It will perform soft and hard X-ray spectroscopy of solar flares in the rising phase of Solar Cycle 25. Solar flares play an important role in the origins of space weather that can affect the near-Earth environment. |
Sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] |
Photo sources | [1] |
Last modified: 2023-06-03
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