Sun Coronal Ejection Tracker: #CubeSat built at @JHUAPL and @LASPatCU | unofficial account | tweets by Principal Investigator @starfleetjames | see @NASASun
Low Earth Orbit (in 2025)
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SunCET CubeSat retweeted
You have a say in how we color @SunCETcubesat extreme UV images! Our bandpass is a new one that encompasses two of the traditional ones. Should we just pick one of the colormaps? Should we be inspired by sunsets? Vote for as many as you like at
suncet.github.io/suncet_inst…
Spacecraft integration has begun! We had the whole thing plugged together in a flatsat configuration to do a bunch of testing before it gets much harder to fix things post-integrate. So this video shows us tearing that down and starting prep to put everything inside the structure
If you're a big fan, you can buy SunCET merch from our @LandsEnd store.
In fact, several other missions and heliophysics related efforts also have storefronts and they're being collected here (including SunCET):
business.landsend.com/store/…
And if you're an _even bigger_ fan, we've made 3D prints of the spacecraft (1/4 scale), a stand for it, and the mission logo available on @thingiverse!
thingiverse.com/thing:690338…
SunCET CubeSat retweeted
Meet our small but mighty heliophysics investigator, SunCET! Want to learn more about the future science of this mission? Swing by the NASA booth at 4:30 p.m. #AGU24 buff.ly/4inTgIB
Learn about the @SunCETcubesat mission in this excellent short film produced for #AGU24
youtu.be/6uV5dkf4rJg
SunCET CubeSat retweeted
#JHUAPL has completed the Sun Coronal Ejection Tracker (SunCET) telescope and shipped it to @LASPatCU! 🔭☀️
In October 2025, SunCET plans to capture the first images of coronal mass ejections from their beginnings through the Sun's atmosphere. suncet.jhuapl.edu/
@NASASun
Imagine being able to see the extended corona like you did today during the solar #Eclipse, but not needing some rare celestial alignment.
And then imagine being able to see the solar disk _at the same time_.
That's exactly what SunCET will start doing from space next year.
SunCET CubeSat retweeted
#PI_Daily: projects give me an outlet and motivation to produce art. Sometimes my familiarity with the science details and engineering tools (e.g., CAD) can inform and augment that art too.
Had a ton of fun making this @NASASun @SunCETcubesat poster over the weekend.
You can think of ECCCO like SunCET++. It does a lot of the same stuff but even better and with oodles more measurement dimensions. Excited to see ECCCO have a shot at flying!
Coming briefly out of Twitter retirement just to say, Go ECCCO!! 🚀🛰️☀️🙌🎉🍾
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SunCET CubeSat retweeted
#PI_Daily in the lab this morning with @SunCETcubesat's lead electrical engineer and we took this picture with the camera system that SunCET will be flying in space in a couple years. You could say this is SunCET's first observation of a coronal mass ejection 🤣
SunCET CubeSat retweeted
Are you attending #SmallSat2023 at Utah State in Logan this week? Be sure to stop by Booth 178 to pick up LASP's SmallSat collectible cards and to learn more about how LASP is leading the SmallSat revolution! Collect them all! smallsat.org/
Well since apparently it's new logo day... we're proud to share the new SunCET logo!
Worked with the amazing folks at @JHUAPL comms group to create this stylized representation of a solar coronal mass ejection that will be laser engraved on the spacecraft itself.
And I’ll be Observing the Middle Corona! Being specifically optimized to measure this really challenging area.
#EditorsChoice West, M.J., Seaton, D.B., Wexler, D.B. et al. Defining the Middle Corona. #SolarPhysics 298, 78 (2023). doi.org/10.1007/s11207-023-0… #ReviewArticle #OpenAccess @MiddleCorona
ALT A SWAP and LASCO composite image highlighting the middle corona, and the physical transitions that extend through the region.
Damn right, "unlock the secrets of the sun"
Another one, very useful for PIs. I put in a prompt with my telescope systems engineer in mind, in the moment he has our team huddled together before we go hands on with aligning the @SunCETcubesat telescope. I was laughing out loud at so many parts of this. #PI_Daily #ChatGPT
SunCET CubeSat retweeted
If you’re building a space mission in #Boulder, like we are with the @SunCETcubesat, it’s only right that your mission swag comes with some Colorado-style flair. #flannel4ever
🤞 that the future is bright for constellations around the sun that include SunCET or at least address SunCET-like science goals!
Word cloud of the #HelioDecadal white paper titles
☀️This is 1.7x as many white papers as submitted for the last Decadal.
SunCET CubeSat retweeted
.@SunCETcubesat, a @NASA small satellite built at LASP and @JHUAPL, will make the measurements needed to understand how CMEs are accelerated! When combined with solar dimming research, this will provide a basis for understanding stellar CMEs where we can only observe the spectra.
“We can probably count 'convincing detections' with our hands, and some scientists would probably remain skeptical about some of them.” @AstroRaikoh
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