SWARM-EX
SWARM-EX
SWARM-EX
SWARM-EX
Spacecraft name SWARM-EX
Form factor CubeSat
Units or mass 3U
Organization Olin College
Institution University
Entity type Academic / Education
Country US
Partners Smead Aerospace, LASP, Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Olin College, Stanford University, University of South Alabama
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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COTS subsystems
  • ADCS - Blue Canyon XACT
Subsystems sources [1]
Keywords Propulsion, Intersatellite links

Related Spacecraft

Name Status Rocket Date Orbit
SWARM-EX A (Space Weather Atmospheric Reconfigurable Multiscale EXperiment) not launched not launched 2024-12-31 not launched
SWARM-EX B (Space Weather Atmospheric Reconfigurable Multiscale EXperiment) not launched not launched 2024-12-31 not launched
SWARM-EX C (Space Weather Atmospheric Reconfigurable Multiscale EXperiment) not launched not launched 2024-12-31 not launched

Last modified: 2023-12-03

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