| Name | SENSE |
|---|---|
| Type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 3U |
| Organisation | US Air Force Space Command |
| Institution | Military |
| Entity | Government (Civil / Military) |
| Nation | US |
| Launch brokerer | Tyvak, ? |
| Oneliner |
Demonstrate CubeSat platform technologies. and radio occultation measurements of total electron content and L-band scintillation. |
| Description |
Develop best practices for operational CubeSat/NanoSat procurement, development, test, and operations. To mature CubeSat bus and sensor component technology readiness levels and to demonstrate the operational utility of CubeSat measurements by flowing validated, low-latency data into operational space weather models. 3-axis stabilized with star cameras for attitude determination and are equipped with a Compact Total Electron Density Sensor (CTECS) to provide radio occultation measurements of total electron content and L-band scintillation. One satellite has a Cubesat Tiny Ionospheric Photometer (CTIP) monitoring 135.6 nm photons produced by the recombination of O+ ions and electrons. |
| Sources | [1] |
| Photo sources | [1] |
Related Spacecraft
| Name | Status | Launch | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| SENSE SV1 (Space Environmental NanoSat Experiment, SV-1) | Reentry 2015-03-21. Was operational. | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg |
| SENSE SV2 (Space Environmental NanoSat Experiment, SV-2) | Reentry 2019-10-28. Was semi-operational until 2015-04-30. | 2013-11-20 | 500 km, 40.5 deg |
Last modified: 2023-06-09
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