CubeSat Mission to Study Solar Particles
CuSP is a Southwest Research Institute-led 6U CubeSat launched on November 16, 2022 as an Artemis I secondary payload. It was designed as a space-weather station to measure solar-wind particles and magnetic fields in interplanetary space and test distributed CubeSat monitoring of Sun-Earth interactions; NASA reported initial transmissions and continuing efforts to regain contact after deployment.
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Identity
- Aliases
- CuSPCubeSat Mission to Study Solar ParticlesCuSP CubeSatArtemis I CuSP
- Family Name
- CuSP
- Full Name
- CubeSat Mission to Study Solar Particles
- Roles
- researchtechnology_demonstrator
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- CuSP is a Southwest Research Institute-led 6U CubeSat launched on November 16, 2022 as an Artemis I secondary payload. It was designed as a space-weather station to measure solar-wind particles and magnetic fields in interplanetary space and test distributed CubeSat monitoring of Sun-Earth interactions; NASA reported initial transmissions and continuing efforts to regain contact after deployment.
- First Flight Year
- 2,022
- Operator
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/cusp/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 09:03:07 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 19:10:24 UTC