| Name | MinXSS-2 (Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer CubeSat) |
|---|---|
| Type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 3U |
| Status | Was operational until 2019-01-07 (News on 2020-05-31, listed as Failure in NASA's CubeSat Fleet Missions Database as of 2022-01-01) |
| 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] [2] |
Last modified: 2022-01-01
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