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CubIXSS

(CubeSat Imaging X-ray Solar Spectrometer)
(solar spectrometer satellite concept)

CubIXSS (for CubeSat Imaging X-ray Solar Spectrometer) is an X-ray solar spectrometer mission in development. Instruments:

A December 2026 launch to a (Sun-synchronous) low Earth orbit is planned. CubIXSS builds on technology developed in the earlier MinXSS (Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer) CubeSat project.

(telescope,Sun,spacecraft,construction)
Further reading:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/2000161
https://www.nanosats.eu/sat/cubixss
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020AGUFMSH0480007C/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017SPD....4830503C/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021FrASS...8...50Y/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025AAS...24611101C/abstract
https://kiss.caltech.edu/workshops/optcomm/presentations2/Caspi.pdf
https://lasp.colorado.edu/minxss/
https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/t.woods-s3vi-webinar-may2021.pdf
https://cpaess.ucar.edu/abstract-2026-sww/new-space-weather-cubesat-understanding-solar-soft-x-ray-emission-cubixss-cubesat

Referenced by pages:
CubeSat
solar physics
X-ray
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