CUSP: a two CubeSats constellation for space weather and solar flares x-ray polarimetry

Sergio Fabiani; Ilaria Baffo; Sergio Bonomo; Gessica Contini; Enrico Costa; Giovanni Cucinella; Giovanni De Cesare; Ettore Del Monte; Andrea Del Re; Sergio Di Cosimo; Simone Di Filippo; Alessandro Di Marco; Pierluigi Fanelli; Fabio La Monaca; Alfredo Locarini; Pasqualino Loffredo; Giovanni Lombardi; Gabriele Minervini; Dario Modenini; Fabio Muleri; Andrea Negri; Massimo Perelli; John Rankin; Alda Rubini; Paolo Soffitta; Eliseo Strollo; Paolo Tortora; Alessandro Zambardi

doi:10.1117/12.2629233

31 August 2022 CUSP: a two CubeSats constellation for space weather and solar flares x-ray polarimetry

Sergio Fabiani, Ilaria Baffo, Sergio Bonomo, Gessica Contini, Enrico Costa, Giovanni Cucinella, Giovanni De Cesare, Ettore Del Monte, Andrea Del Re, Sergio Di Cosimo, Simone Di Filippo, Alessandro Di Marco, Pierluigi Fanelli, Fabio La Monaca, Alfredo Locarini, Pasqualino Loffredo, Giovanni Lombardi, Gabriele Minervini, Dario Modenini, Fabio Muleri, Andrea Negri, Massimo Perelli, John Rankin, Alda Rubini, Paolo Soffitta, Eliseo Strollo, Paolo Tortora, Alessandro Zambardi

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Proceedings Volume 12181, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 121810J (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629233
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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The CubeSat solar polarimeter (CUSP) project aims to develop a constellation of two CubeSats orbiting the Earth to measure the linear polarisation of solar flares in the hard x-ray band by means of a Compton scattering polarimeter on board of each satellite. CUSP will allow to study the magnetic reconnection and particle acceleration in the flaring magnetic structures. CUSP is a project approved for a Phase A study by the Italian Space Agency in the framework of the Alcor program aimed to develop CubeSat technologies and missions.

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Sergio Fabiani, Ilaria Baffo, Sergio Bonomo, Gessica Contini, Enrico Costa, Giovanni Cucinella, Giovanni De Cesare, Ettore Del Monte, Andrea Del Re, Sergio Di Cosimo, Simone Di Filippo, Alessandro Di Marco, Pierluigi Fanelli, Fabio La Monaca, Alfredo Locarini, Pasqualino Loffredo, Giovanni Lombardi, Gabriele Minervini, Dario Modenini, Fabio Muleri, Andrea Negri, Massimo Perelli, John Rankin, Alda Rubini, Paolo Soffitta, Eliseo Strollo, Paolo Tortora, and Alessandro Zambardi "CUSP: a two CubeSats constellation for space weather and solar flares x-ray polarimetry", Proc. SPIE 12181, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 121810J (31 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629233

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