The six CubeSats will span roughly six miles across and fly slightly above geosynchronous orbit at 22,000 miles from Earth’s surface. Data from SunRISE will be collected and transmitted to Earth via NASA’s Deep Space Network. The mission will also map, for the first time, how the Sun’s magnetic field extends into interplanetary space - a key factor that drives where and how storms move throughout the solar system.
The six spacecraft will then go through final assembly and testing before their launch readiness date of April 2024.Ĭonsisting of six miniature solar-powered spacecraft known as CubeSats, the SunRISE constellation will operate together as one large telescope - forming the first space-based imaging low radio frequency interferometer - to create 3D maps pinpointing how giant bursts of energetic particles originate from the Sun and evolve as they expand outward into space. With the successful review, SunRISE now moves into Phase C, which includes the final design of the mission and fabrication of the spacecraft and instruments. The review, Key Decision Point C, evaluated the mission’s preliminary design and project plan to achieve launch by its target launch readiness date. “Knowing when and how solar storms produce intense radiation will help us better prepare and protect our astronauts and technology.” A coronal mass ejection erupts from the Sun and sends Type II radio bursts ahead of it. “SunRISE will detect and study eruptions of radio waves from the Sun that often precede major solar events containing high energy particle radiation,” said Justin Kasper, SunRISE principal investigator at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. 8, 2021, moving the mission into its next phase. NASA’s SunRISE mission - short for the Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment - passed a mission review on Sept.
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