The CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP) mission overview
The CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP) project is a future CubeSat mission orbiting the Earth aimed to measure the linear polarization of solar flares in the hard X-ray band, by means of a Compton scattering polarimeter. CUSP will allow us to study the magnetic reconnection and particle acceleration in the flaring magnetic structures of our star. The project is in the framework of the Italian Space Agency Alcor Program, which aims to develop new CubeSat missions. CUSP is approved for a Phase B study that will last for 12 months, starting in mid-2024. We report on the current status of the CUSP mission project as the outcome of the Phase A.
Authors
- Gessica Contini
- Simone Di Filippo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1949-6010)
- R. Campana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4794-5453)
- Pasqualino Loffredo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4657-1119)
- Emanuele Scalise (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3058-9720)
- E. Costa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4925-8523)
- G. De Cesare (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0869-7183)
- Alessandro Di Marco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0331-3259)
- P. Soffitta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7781-4104)
- Giovanni Cucinella
- Giuseppe Di Persio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1446-3690)
- E. Del Monte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3013-6334)
- Dario Modenini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1517-3938)
- Andrea Terracciano
- Pierluigi Fanelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5095-4107)
- Daniele Brienza
- Alfredo Locarini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0259-6747)
- Andrea Curatolo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4585-0458)
- Fabio Muleri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3331-3794)
- Sergio Fabiani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1533-0283)
- Alessandro Zambardi
- Mauro Centrone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8745-2514)
- Andrea Del Re
- Nicolas De Angelis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2498-0213)
- Silvia Natalucci
- Ilaria Baffo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8082-4349)
- Massimo Perelli
- I. Donnarumma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4700-4549)
- Sergio Bonomo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7077-494X)
- Paolo Leonetti
- Emanuele Zaccagnino
- Giovanni Lombardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4772-3559)
- Andrea Negri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2340-8298)
- Paolo Tortora (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9259-7673)
- Alda Rubini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0282-6952)
- Sergio Di Cosimo
- G. Minervini
- Monia Rossi
Institutions
- University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT)
- Università degli Studi della Tuscia (IT)
- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (IT)
- Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology (IT)
- T-Connect (Italy) (IT)
- National Institute for Astrophysics (IT)
- University of Bologna (IT)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2024-08-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018158
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.66