Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences (CU Smead AES)
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instrumentspacecraft / CubeSatIndustry: Aerospace
- Category
- Physical Infrastructure
- Affiliations
- CU Smead AES; LASP
Description
Three-CubeSat NSF Ideas Lab constellation led by CU Boulder with five other universities to study how charged and neutral particles interact in the thermosphere; launch Dec. 2026 on ELaNa 59; PI Scott Palo.
Official page
https://www.colorado.edu/aerospace/research/cu-boulder-cubesats
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Details
- Keywords
- thermosphere, charged particles, nsf ideas lab, elana 59, six university effort
- Location
- Pre-launch (Launch Date: Dec. 2026)
- Instrument platform
- Three-CubeSat constellation
- Associated entity
- Smead dept site: CU Boulder CubeSats page
- Deployment platform
- CubeSat