MinXSS Grant Final Report to NASA
Normally annual and final reports on grants go directly to NASA. We’ve done that on MinXSS, of course, but we […]
A New Dawn in Solar Science: MinXSS CubeSat Trio Unveils Secrets of the Sun’s X-ray Light
Boulder, Colorado – May 5, 2025 — In a groundbreaking achievement for space science and student-driven innovation, NASA’s Miniature X-ray
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MinXSS-1 and -2 v5.0.0 and DAXSS v3.0.0 data released
It’s release day again! Data from 3 missions has been reprocessed and posted. You can see all the updates and improvements we’ve
AAS Nova featured a highlight article on new study investigating Solar Flare Onsets using MinXSS-3 (DAXSS) Data
AAS Nova, a platform of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) that highlights some of the most interesting recent results published
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MinXSS v4.0.0 and DAXSS v2.0.0 data released
It’s release day again! In addition to all the updates and improvements we’ve made to the data you’ve seen before,
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INSPIRESat-1/DAXSS data release version 2.0 and new python analysis tools
The Miniature X-Ray Solar Spectrometer 3, or MinXSS-3, successfully launched on the INSPIRESat-1small satellite on February 14, 2022 on the
INSPIRESat-1/DAXSS (AKA MinXSS-3) Level 1 data available
INSPIRESat-1 launched on 2022-02-14 into a sun-synchronous, dawn-dusk orbit. That means that it almost never experiences orbit eclipse and therefore
MinXSS-3 (INSPIRESat-1) first light!
Just a couple weeks after deployment, we’ve been able to turn on the Dual-zone Aperture X-ray Solar Spectrometer (DAXSS), the
INSPIRESat-1/MinXSS-3 launched and working!
The launch occurred right on time and without a hitch! INSPIRESat-1 was deployed at 2022-02-14 00:47:31.5 UT into the planned
MinXSS-3 (AKA INSPIRESat-1) launch upcoming: 2022-02-14 00:29 UTC
INSPIRESat-1 is scheduled to launch later this week from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India. It will be