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
Description
NSF-funded Smead CubeSat mapping how VLF energy from lightning and ground transmitters reaches space; launched Apr. 7, 2026 on USSF STP-S29A from Vandenberg; in service; PI Robert Marshall.
Official page
https://www.colorado.edu/aerospace/research/cu-boulder-cubesats
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Details
- Keywords
- lightning, ussf stp-s29a, ground-to-space energy transmission, vandenberg space force base, nsf
- Location
- In space
- Measurement band
- VLF
- Instrument platform
- CubeSat
- Associated entity
- Smead dept site: CU Boulder CubeSats page
- Deployment platform
- CubeSat