Name | MinXSS-2 (Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer CubeSat) |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 3U |
Status | Was operational until 2019-01-XX (News on 2020-05-31) |
Launched | 2018-12-03 |
NORAD ID | 43758 |
Deployer | QuadPack (XL) [ISISpace],? |
Launcher | Falcon 9 (Spaceflight SSO-A, SHERPA) |
Organisation | University of Colorado at Boulder |
Institution | University |
Entity | Academic / Education |
Nation | US |
Launch brokerer | Spaceflight |
Oneliner | Better understand the energy distribution of solar flare soft X-ray (SXR) emissions and its impact on Earth’s atmosphere. |
Failure cause | Computer card on the cubesat failed. |
Sources | [1] |
Last modified: 2020-09-05
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