NASA NTRS · 20220013537
The Cusp Plasma Imaging Detector (Cupid) Cubesat Observatory: Instrumentation
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.
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Emil Atz, Brian M Walsh, Connor O'Brien, Michael Collier, Ariel Berman, Lisa Billingsley, J Bernard Blake, Jeffery Broll, Dennis Chornay, William Crain, Thompson Cragwell, Norman Dobson, Joseph Kujawski, Kip Kuntz, Van Naldoza, Rousseau Nutter, F Scott Porter, David Sibeck, Kenneth Simms, Nicholas Thomas, Drew Turner, Allan Weatherwax, Ajmal Yousuff, Aleks Zosuls. 2022-06-08. The Cusp Plasma Imaging Detector (Cupid) Cubesat Observatory: Instrumentation. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20220013537
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