The Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE), is a set of CubeSats designed to study solar activity by acting as an aperture synthesis radio telescope.[1] It is intended to monitor giant solar particle storms.[2]

The satellites will occupy a supersynchronous geosynchronous Earth orbit.[3]

The participants in the experiment include JPL, the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Michigan.[1][3][4] It is due to be launched in 2024.

Status

As of November 2023, the six satellites have been built and are going into storage to await their Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "SunRISE". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  2. ^ Potter, Sean (2020-03-30). "NASA Selects Mission to Study Causes of Giant Solar Particle Storms". NASA. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  3. ^ a b "Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE)". Network for Exploration and Space Science. 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  4. ^ "SunRISE Ground Radio Lab – Home for SunRISE for US high schools". sunrise.umich.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  5. ^ "NASA's 6-Pack of Mini-Satellites Ready for Their Moment in the Sun". JPL. NASA. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
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