Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment Explained

The Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE), is a set of CubeSats designed to study solar activity by acting as an aperture synthesis radio telescope.^[1] It is intended to monitor giant solar particle storms.^[2]

The satellites will occupy a supersynchronous geosynchronous Earth orbit.

The participants in the experiment include JPL, the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Michigan.^{[1] [3] [4]} It is due to be launched in 2024.

Status

, the six satellites have been built and are going into storage to await their Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: SunRISE . 2022-10-24 . NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory . en-US.
2. Web site: Potter . Sean . 2020-03-30 . NASA Selects Mission to Study Causes of Giant Solar Particle Storms . 2022-10-25 . NASA.
3. Web site: 2019-07-18 . Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE) . 2022-10-25 . Network for Exploration and Space Science . en.
4. Web site: SunRISE Ground Radio Lab – Home for SunRISE for US high schools . 2022-10-25 . sunrise.umich.edu.
5. Web site: NASA's 6-Pack of Mini-Satellites Ready for Their Moment in the Sun . . . 30 November 2023 . 3 December 2023.