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CIRBE [CU Boulder]
CIRBE (CubeSat Inner Radiation Belt Experiment) is a 3U-CubeSat designed and developed by students of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder) as a scientific investigation mission to understand the formation of the inner belt electrons, and to determine the source, intensity, and dynamic variations of these electrons in the inner Van Allen radiation belts. No instrument traversing the heart of the inner radiation belt is immune to effects from highly energetic proton contamination.
It was selected in 2019 by NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) to be launched as part of the ELaNa program.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Research, magnetosphere |
| Operator: | Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU) |
| Contractors: | University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (3U) |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | 2 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries |
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| Orbit: |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| CIRBE | 2023-054L | 15.04.2023 | Va SLC-4E | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | with İmece, Umbra-SAR 06, ŅuSat 36, ..., 39, GHOSt 1, 2, Tomorrow R1, GHGSat C6, C7, C8, Hawk 7A, 7B, 7C, NORSAT TD, ION-SCV 010, Kepler 20, 21, ELO 3, EPICHyper 1, VCUB1, Vigoride 6, LLITED 1, 2, REVELA, DISCO 1, VIREO, IRIS C, BRO 9, Brokkr 1, CIRBE, DEWA-Sat 2, It's About Time, KILIÇSAT, SSS 2B, Sapling 2, Pleiades-Yearling 2, Platform 3 (Sateliot 0), FACSAT 2, Connecta T2.1, LacunaSat 2f, ADLER 2, Lemur-2 164, Lemur-2 165, INSPIREsat 7, Taifa 1, RoseyCubesat 1, Celestis 23 |
Launch Sites:
- Va = Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA
References:
- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics: LASP-led CubeSat will study Earth's inner radiation belt, 15 March 2018
