Astronomy:RadCube

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RadCube
Mission typespace weather, technology demonstration
Operator23px European Space Agency
COSPAR ID2021-073B
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type3U CubeSat
ManufacturerHungary C3S
Hungary Centre for Energy Research
United Kingdom Imperial College
Poland Astronika
Start of mission
Launch date17 August 2021
RocketVega
End of mission
Disposaldeorbited
Declared20 August 2024
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RadCube was a technology demonstration CubeSat for space weather monitoring technologies, operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) in low Earth orbit between 2021 and 2024.[1][2][3][4] The satellite was constructed by the Hungarian company C3S[5] with contributions from the Hungarian Centre for Energy Research, the UK's Imperial College,[6][7][8] and the Polish company Astronika.[9][10] The satellite successfully demonstrated its radiation telescope (by Centre for Energy Research), its set of "MAGIC" magnetometer sensors (by Imperial College), and its extendable boom (by Astronika).[11][6] The MAGIC magnetometer will be implemented on future space missions including HENON, ESA's first stand-alone deep space CubeSat.[7]

See also

  • List of European Space Agency programmes and missions

References

  1. ↑ Kulu, Erik. "RADCUBE" (in en). https://www.nanosats.eu/sat/radcube.html. 
  2. ↑ "RADCUBE" (in en). https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/radcube.htm. 
  3. ↑ "Technical details for satellite RADCUBE". https://www.n2yo.com//satellite/?s=49067. 
  4. ↑ "C3S’ RadCube Successfully Commissioned – SatNews". https://news.satnews.com/2021/12/17/c3s-radcube-successfully-commissioned/. 
  5. ↑ "Space Agency Projects" (in en-US). https://c3s.hu/space-agency-projects/. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Eastwood, J. P.; Brown, P.; Oddy, T.; Archer, M. O.; Baughen, R.; Belo Ferreira, I.; Cobo Torres, C.; Cupido, E. et al. (2025). "In Flight Performance of the MAGIC Magnetoresistive Magnetometer on the RadCube CubeSat" (in en). Space Science Reviews 221 (4): 45. doi:10.1007/s11214-025-01170-w. ISSN 1572-9672. PMID 40386150. PMC 12078372. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-025-01170-w. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "RadCube" (in en-GB). https://www.imperial.ac.uk/a-z-research/space-and-atmospheric-physics/research/missions-and-projects/space-missions/radcube/. 
  8. ↑ "Mini space mission launches with Imperial kit on board | Imperial News | Imperial College London" (in en). 2021-08-17. https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/228253/mini-space-mission-launches-with-imperial/. 
  9. ↑ "RadCube reaches out" (in en). https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2021/11/RadCube_reaches_out. 
  10. ↑ "RadCube - eoPortal" (in en). https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/radcube. 
  11. ↑ "RadCube" (in en). https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Technology_CubeSats/RadCube. 

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