BackForward Satellite Programme: Compact Total Irradiance Monitor-Flight Demonstration 

Programme details
Programme description
  • To demonstrate the capability for a CubeSat to host an instrument to monitor total solar irradiance.
  • Single cubesat launched into a drifting orbit in July 2022
  • More details https://esto.nasa.gov/invest/ctim/
Data circulation
Agencies NASA
Programme lifetime 2022 - 2024
Associated satellites and instruments

Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational , blue tag => planned

  • Compact Total Irradiance Monitor-Flight Demonstration