Tiny CubeSat Probes Solar Neutrinos from Low-Earth Orbit
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NASA-supported SNAPPY, a half-pound CubeSat, launched from Vandenberg AFB to test a solar neutrino detector in a low-Earth polar orbit, featuring four crystal detectors shielded with tungsten-dust epoxy and an electronics stack on a Kongsberg NanoAvionics platform; the mission, funded by NASA's NIAC program, aims to validate detector performance in space and inform future near-Sun detectors, with contributions from NASA centers, Wichita State University, and other partners.
- Solar Particles NASA (.gov)
- Wichita State satellite launched into space KWCH
- World’s first space-based neutrino detector “SNAPPY” launched aboard SpaceX CAS500-2 mission Satellite Evolution
- Wichita State's CubeSat ready for NASA launch into low Earth orbit Wichita State University
- Device designed by Wichita State about to be launched into space KSN.com
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