The CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP) mission overview

Sergio Fabiani; Ettore Del Monte; Ilaria Baffo; Sergio Bonomo; Daniele Brienza; Riccardo Campana; Mauro Centrone; Gessica Contini; Enrico Costa; Giovanni Cucinella; Andrea Curatolo; Nicolas De Angelis; Giovanni De Cesare; Andrea Del Re; Sergio Di Cosimo; Simone Di Filippo; Alessandro Di Marco; Giuseppe Di Persio; Immacolata Donnarumma; Pierluigi Fanelli; Paolo Leonetti; Alfredo Locarini; Pasqualino Loffredo; Giovanni Lombardi; Gabriele Minervini; Dario Modenini; Fabio Muleri; Silvia Natalucci; Andrea Negri; Massimo Perelli; Monia Rossi; Alda Rubini; Emanuele Scalise; Paolo Soffitta; Andrea Terracciano; Paolo Tortora; Emanuele Zaccagnino; Alessandro Zambardi

doi:10.1117/12.3018158

21 August 2024 The CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP) mission overview

Sergio Fabiani, Ettore Del Monte, Ilaria Baffo, Sergio Bonomo, Daniele Brienza, Riccardo Campana, Mauro Centrone, Gessica Contini, Enrico Costa, Giovanni Cucinella, Andrea Curatolo, Nicolas De Angelis, Giovanni De Cesare, Andrea Del Re, Sergio Di Cosimo, Simone Di Filippo, Alessandro Di Marco, Giuseppe Di Persio, Immacolata Donnarumma, Pierluigi Fanelli, Paolo Leonetti, Alfredo Locarini, Pasqualino Loffredo, Giovanni Lombardi, Gabriele Minervini, Dario Modenini, Fabio Muleri, Silvia Natalucci, Andrea Negri, Massimo Perelli, Monia Rossi, Alda Rubini, Emanuele Scalise, Paolo Soffitta, Andrea Terracciano, Paolo Tortora, Emanuele Zaccagnino, Alessandro Zambardi

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Proceedings Volume 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 130932M (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018158
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

Abstract

The CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP) project is a future CubeSat mission orbiting the Earth aimed to measure the linear polarization of solar flares in the hard X-ray band, by means of a Compton scattering polarimeter. CUSP will allow us to study the magnetic reconnection and particle acceleration in the flaring magnetic structures of our star. The project is in the framework of the Italian Space Agency Alcor Program, which aims to develop new CubeSat missions. CUSP is approved for a Phase B study that will last for 12 months, starting in mid-2024. We report on the current status of the CUSP mission project as the outcome of the Phase A.

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Sergio Fabiani, Ettore Del Monte, Ilaria Baffo, Sergio Bonomo, Daniele Brienza, Riccardo Campana, Mauro Centrone, Gessica Contini, Enrico Costa, Giovanni Cucinella, Andrea Curatolo, Nicolas De Angelis, Giovanni De Cesare, Andrea Del Re, Sergio Di Cosimo, Simone Di Filippo, Alessandro Di Marco, Giuseppe Di Persio, Immacolata Donnarumma, Pierluigi Fanelli, Paolo Leonetti, Alfredo Locarini, Pasqualino Loffredo, Giovanni Lombardi, Gabriele Minervini, Dario Modenini, Fabio Muleri, Silvia Natalucci, Andrea Negri, Massimo Perelli, Monia Rossi, Alda Rubini, Emanuele Scalise, Paolo Soffitta, Andrea Terracciano, Paolo Tortora, Emanuele Zaccagnino, and Alessandro Zambardi "The CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP) mission overview", Proc. SPIE 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 130932M (21 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018158

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