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Satellite Programme: Compact Spectral Irradiance Monitor
Programme details
Programme description
Single satellite programme for spectral solar irradiance.
NASA programme - designed, built and operated by the University of Colorado’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP).
3-axis stabilized platform of the Cubesat class.
Design lifetime of 5 years.
Drifting orbit, near-polar, about 600 km.
Data circulation
TBD
Agencies
NASA
Programme lifetime
2018 - 2022
Associated satellites and instruments
Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational , blue tag => planned
Compact Spectral Irradiance Monitor
CSIM
(2018-2022)
SIM