| 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. |
| Description |
Better understand the energy distribution of solar flare soft X-ray (SXR) emissions and its impact on Earth’s ionosphere, thermosphere, and mesosphere (ITM). MinXSS-2 will be in a polar orbit and will have a significantly longer lifetime than MinXSS. The importance of the MinXSS mission is (1) providing new spectral obser-vations of the solar SXR near the maximum of solar cycle 24, (2) improving the understanding of how highly variable solar X-rays affect the ITM, and (3) advancing the knowledge of flare energetics in the SXR. Proposing a UHF downlink using 9k6 GMSK with AX25. |
| Failure cause | Computer card on the cubesat failed. |
| Sources | [1] [2] |
Last modified: 2022-12-29
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