학술논문
The cusp plasma imaging detector (CuPID) cubesat observatory: Instrumentation.
Document Type
Article
Author
Atz, Emil; Walsh, Brian; O'Brien, Connor; Collier, Michael; Berman, Ariel; Billingsley, Lisa; Blake, J. Bernard; Broll, Jeffery; Chornay, Dennis; Crain, William; Cragwell, Thompson; Dobson, Norman; Kujawski, Joseph; Kuntz, Kip; Naldoza, Van; Nutter, Rousseau; Porter, F. Scott; Sibeck, David; Simms, Kenneth; Thomas, Nicholas
Source
Subject
*IMAGE converters
*CUBESATS (Artificial satellites)
*OBSERVATORIES
*CHARGE exchange
*MAGNETIC reconnection
*X-ray astronomy
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Language
ISSN
0034-6748
Abstract
The Cusp Plasma Imaging Detector (CuPID) CubeSat observatory is a 6U CubeSat designed to observe solar wind charge exchange in magnetospheric cusps to test competing theories of magnetic reconnection at the Earth's magnetopause. The CuPID is equipped with three instruments, namely, a wide field-of-view (4.6° × 4.6°) soft x-ray telescope, a micro-dosimeter suite, and an engineering magnetometer optimized for the science operation. The instrument suite has been tested and calibrated in relevant environments, demonstrating successful design. The testing and calibration of these instruments produced metrics and coefficients that will be used to create the CuPID mission's data product. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]