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CUSP: a two cubesats constellation for Space Weather and solar flares X-ray polarimetry (2208.06211v1)
Published 12 Aug 2022 in astro-ph.SR, astro-ph.IM, and physics.space-ph
Abstract: The CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP) project aims to develop a constellation of two CubeSats orbiting the Earth to measure the linear polarisation of solar flares in the hard X-ray band by means of a Compton scattering polarimeter on board of each satellite. CUSP will allow to study the magnetic reconnection and particle acceleration in the flaring magnetic structures. CUSP is a project approved for a Phase A study by the Italian Space Agency in the framework of the Alcor program aimed to develop CubeSat technologies and missions.