CSSWE Mission

Objectives and Applications

The CSSWE is 3U CubeSat configuration nanosatellite mission,designed and developed by students at the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder) under the direction of faculty and staff. The objective of the science mission is to address fundamental questions pertaining to the relationship between solar flares and energetic particles.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
CU Boulder
Launch Date
13 Sep 2012
Mission Links
EOL Date
22 Dec 2014
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Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Highly elliptical
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
65 deg
Orbit Altitude
490 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
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