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

Dr. Lauren Blum, a former Project Manager on CSSWE and PhD graduate (2014) from Dept of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, is returning to University of...

Prof. Xinlin Li was invited by USRA (Universities Space Research Association) to give a presentation and participate in a panel discussion in Capital Hill...

CSSWE/REPTile data continue to enhance our understanding of the source of the inner radiation belt electrons, included in the most recent publication. For detailed...

The most recent science results based on our CubeSat (CSSWE) measurements, which were published in Nature [Li et al., 2017], along with the CubeSat...

Please see the following links for more details: Full text: http://rdcu.be/BiWL News: https://lasp.colorado.edu/blog/2017/12/13/major-space-mystery-solved-using-data-from-student-satellite/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LASPatCU/photos/a.340251043557.153039.21163648557/10155506498208558 Twitter: https://twitter.com/LASPatCU/status/941010780446699521

Data analysis and modeling work using CSSWE measurements is continued in year 2017 despite that the spacecraft mission has ended. Recent science results published...

CSSWE is featured in SpaceNews again – twice in 30 days!  This Op-Ed, written by Dan Baker and Mary Cleave, makes a compelling argument...

CSSWE is featured in a Space News article written after the National Academies Space Studies Board Committee on Achieving Science Goals with CubeSats meeting in...

CSSWE has been a massively successful mission.  It can be considered the most successful scientific CubeSat of all time.  However, as of December 22nd,...

LASP celebrates CSSWE’s 2 year anniversary with a party!  Congratulations CSSWE team! See the previous blog entry for more information.  

On September 13, 2012, CSSWE was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base.  Two years later, CSSWE is still taking and returning science data.  Never could...

CSSWE’s REPTile data is featured in a Nature paper written by Baker et al., which has been recently accepted to the journal.  The paper,...

The recent release of CSSWE data to the CDAWeb database was featured in the SPA Section Newsletter (Volume XXI Issue 28).  See below!   Also, CSSWE...

CubeSat science data for both Level 1 (counts) and Level 2 (flux) are available on NASA’s CDAWeb database.  You can find the data here by...

When CSSWE launched, we weren’t sure how long it was going to last in orbit.  After all, a large majority of the parts were...

REPTile has now collected data from more than 270 days on orbit.  With a designed mission lifetime of 90 days, this is more than...

We first turned on the REPTile instrument and began collecting energetic particle data exactly one year ago today!

Systems Engineer David Gerhardt’s presentation this past weekend at the CubeSat Developers’ Workshop in Logan UT made the press – great job David! http://www.newspacejournal.com/2013/08/11/can-cubesats-do-quality-science-for-one-group-yes/

Today, July 23rd 2013, marks the 180th day of CSSWE science operations! Since reestablishing contact with CSSWE on June 18th, after 103 days of...

After over 3 months of silence, we received beacons from CSSWE on June 18, 2013, and have reestablished contact!  We’re currently downlinking housekeeping and...

Data for October, November, and December 2012 is now available from the data download page! These data are still preliminary, so please contact the...

After a long, arduous process, CSSWE finally has a wikipedia page and is an official part of the internet!   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Student_Space_Weather_Experiment

The first 20 days of science data, Oct 5 to Oct 25 2012, has gone through the preliminary stages of processing and is viewable...

The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) podcast series is a set of interviews to highlight different missions or projects at LASP. CSSWE...

Happy new year! CSSWE continues to operate well, providing on-orbit science data. Here are a few milestones that the satellite has recently passed: *110...

Professor Xinlin Li debuted the first science results of CSSWE at the annual American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference in San Francisco last week.  The...

The CSSWE science instrument REPTile has been taking data for ~three weeks now!  We’re getting a great picture of the dynamics of Earth’s radiation...

The REPTile instrument has been turned on, and we are now taking measurements of energetic protons and electrons in Earth’s magnetosphere!  Below are our...

For the first three weeks of spacecraft commissioning, we’ve been monitoring system health and watching our spacecraft align with Earth’s magnetic field.  All housekeeping...

Here’s an updated image of all the beacons received to date.  Thanks again for everyone’s help!! The satellite continues to look healthy, and we’ve...

CSSWE has been beaconing for over a week now!  Friendly radio operators in Norway, Germany, Japan, California, and Michigan have been helping the ground...

Three hours after lift-off, CSSWE was successfully deployed from it’s PPOD and it left the rocket fairing behind, becoming a satellite all by itself....

NROL-36 launched on time today at 2:39 pacific time.  Three hours later, CSSWE was the third CubeSat to deploy.   We’re looking forward to...

The final launch readiness review was performed today, and approval granted to begin countdown operations tomorrow morning for the 2:39pm PDT launch. Weather forecasts...

CSSWE launch is scheduled for this Thursday 9/13 at 2:39 pm PDT!!! You can watch the live stream here: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av033/status.html

United Launch Alliance has announced the new official launch window for CSSWE: September 13th from 1:45 to 4:15 pm PDT.  With the new afternoon...

Lauren Blum and Quintin Schiller, two CSSWE students, won 3rd place at the AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites!  They are the third team to...

CSSWE team members are still sad at the continuing delay of NROL-36.  The current launch window will be no earlier than September 6th. 

ULA has not been able to resolve the Range issue in time for the upcoming Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) launch on August 23rd.  Once RBSP...

Two CSSWE students, Lauren Blum and Quintin Schiller, will present their paper at the Small Satellite conference next week at Utah State University in...

The launch of the Atlas V carrying CSSWE has been further delayed until no earlier than August 14th, 2012. A range instrumentation issue arose...

Aug. 2 launch delayed due to range issues.  Tentatively delayed 24 hours and rescheduled for Aug. 3 ~1am PDT, call the ULA hotline at...

We’re calling on the amateur community to help us track CSSWE.  Visit our telemetry page to download our beacon decoding software.  This allows anyone...

We are still scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the morning of Aug 2nd, just after midnight PDT.  For those unable...