CSSWE

Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment

Student led mission to understand space weather

The Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment (CSSWE) was 3U CubeSat mission designed and developed by students at CU-Boulder under the direction of LASP’s faculty and staff. CSSWE housed an energetic particle telescope to address the fundamental questions pertaining to the relationship between solar flares and energetic particles. These questions include the acceleration and loss mechanisms of outer radiation belt electrons. CSSWE was LASP’s first cubesat mission receiving numerous awards and published results.

Mission Class:

CubeSats

Mission Status:

Past

LASP Roles:

Research, Instruments, Data, Mission Operations, Lead Institute

Science Target:

Sun

Mission Focus:

Earth's Atmosphere, Solar Physics, Space Weather

Primary Mission Site:

Launch Date: September 13, 2012
End of Mission: December 2014

Lead Institution: LASP

Lead Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Partners: Aerospace Engineering Department at University of Colorado Boulder