SWARM-EX @ Nanosats Database

Name	SWARM-EX
Type	CubeSat
Units or mass	3U
Organisation	Olin College
Institution	University
Entity	Academic / Education
Nation	US
Costs	$4 million
Oneliner	Three CubeSat constellation to investigate the relationship between charged particles and neutral particles in the thermosphere.
Description	Three CubeSat constellation to investigate the relationship between charged particles and neutral particles in the thermosphere. The Space Weather Atmospheric Reconfigurable Multiscale Experiment (SWARM-EX) project provides an important step in the advancement of designing and building CubeSat constellations for space weather. SWARM-EX will consist of three identical CubeSats with novel technologies for radio communications between satellites, onboard propulsion, advanced data downlinks, and autonomous operations within the constellation. Each satellite will measure ionized and neutral gases in the Earth's upper atmosphere, studying structures seen near the equator. Each university involved in the project has a different role: CU Boulder: Command and data handling, software, spacecraft assembly and integration, principal investigator, science lead Georgia Tech: Propulsion Olin College: Mechanical design, systems engineering and operations Stanford: Autonomous navigation systems South Alabama: Communication systems Western Michigan: Systems design for propulsion integration
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Keywords	Propulsion, Intersatellite links

Related Spacecraft

Name	Status	Launch	Orbit
SWARM-EX A (Space Weather Atmospheric Reconfigurable Multiscale EXperiment)	not launched	2023-12-31	not launched
SWARM-EX B (Space Weather Atmospheric Reconfigurable Multiscale EXperiment)	not launched	2023-12-31	not launched
SWARM-EX C (Space Weather Atmospheric Reconfigurable Multiscale EXperiment)	not launched	2023-12-31	not launched

Last modified: 2022-12-29
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