Publications
Below is a list of publications about the CUTE mission design, testing and integration, and science.
Nell, N., DeCicco, N., Ulrich, S., France, K., Fleming, B., “Development and characterization of the CCD detector for the Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE) cubesat”, Proc. SPIE 11821, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXII, 1182117 (24 August 2021); Journal
France, K., Exploring extreme exoplanets, Nat Astron 4, 1112, 2020. Journal
Egan, A, France, K., Fleming, B., DeCicco, N., Ulrich, S., Nell, N., Vorobiev, D., Kohnert, R., Suresh, A., Optical characterization of the Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE) CubeSat, Proc. of SPIE 11444, 2020. Journal
Sreejith, A. G., Fossati, L., Fleming, B. T., France, K., Koskinen, T. T., Egan, A., Rudisser, H. T., Stellar, M., Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment Data Simulator, J. of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 2019. Journal, arxiv
Fleming, B., France, K. C., Nell, N, Kohnert, R. A., Pool, K., Egan, A., Fossati, L., Koskinen, T. T., Vidotto, A., Hoadley, K., Desert, J., Beasley, M., Petit, P. M., Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment: a dedicated CubeSat mission to study exoplanetary mass loss and magnetic fields, J. of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 2018. Journal, arxiv
Egan, A., Fleming, B., T., France, K., Nell, N., Ulrich, S., DeCicco, N., Kohnert, R., Sreejith, A. G., Fossati, L., Kruczek, N., The Colorado ultraviolet transit experiment (CUTE): final design and projected performance, Proc of SPIE 10699, 2018, Journal
Media & Press Coverage
Below is a potentially non-exhaustive list of news articles and blogs about the CUTE Mission.
October 10th 2021
Space Flight Now, Secondary payloads launched with Landsat begin commissioning
September 30th 2021
Futura-Sciences, A “cute” little satellite has just taken off to study exoplanets (the original article is in French)
September 26th 2021
Colorado Fox31: CU researchers prepare for launch sending cereal box-sized satellite into space to study planet evolution
September 25th 2021
NASA Earth Facebook Page: Recoded Interview with graduate student Arika Egan
September 24th 2021
Denver 9NEWS: CU Boulder lab designs small satellite that launched into space under NASA-funded mission
NASA Heliophysics Team Blog: Tiny Satellites Will Address Sizeable Questions in Space Science
NASA Goddard Earth Expeditions Blog: ‘The most exciting beep I’ll ever hear’
September 23rd 2021
CU Boulder Today: New cereal box-sized satellite to explore alien planets
Denver CBS Local: CU Boulder Scientists Will Launch Cereal Box-Sized Satellite Into Space To Examine Planets Outside Our Solar System