NASA had a news release on February 6th and social posts about CIRBE’s new findings, the paper was published in JGR on the same day (coordinated
A recent research article “Earth-Based Transmitters Trigger Precipitation of Inner Radiation Belt Electrons: Unveiling Observations and Modeling Results”, was selected for featuring as an Editor’s Highlight, and this has just
CIRBE re-entered on 4 October 2024 due to the air-drag (see the altitude figure). The last bits of REPTile-2 data were received on 28 September
The SMD technology highlight article on REPTile-2 is now posted (https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/science-enabling-technology/innovative-instrument-reveals-hidden-features-deep-inside-the-van-allen-radiation-belts/)! It is also featured on the NASA science home page (https://science.nasa.gov/) as the “Latest
Following the largest magnetic storm in 20 years (May 10, 2024), REPTile-2 onboard NASA’s CIRBE satellite discovered two new radiation belts containing 1.3–5 MeV electrons
An invited Commentary Article about CSSWE and CIRBE’s contributions to Energetic Particle Dynamics in the Near‐Earth Environment was published in AGU Advances: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2024AV001256
To watch the recorded seminar on YouTube, please go to: https://sites.google.com/view/rbsp/home/archive
The first science results based on CIRBE/REPTile-2 measurements are published in the following peer-review journal, Geophysical Research Letter: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL107521
After years of hard work and anxious searching/waiting for the launch opportunities, CIRBE (Colorado Inner Radiation Belt Experiment) was successfully launched at 12:48 AM (MT)
CIRBE was successfully integrated into a dispenser at Maverick Space Systems on Friday (2/24) by three LASP engineers: Jared (EE), Spencer (ME), and Evan (SE)
CIRBE has been packed up and started its delivery journey on 21 February 2023. Three engineers, Jared (EE), Spencer (ME), and Evan (SE), are driving