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Physics Student Builds Space Weather Satellite!
Congrats to team member Ashley …
on Apr 25, 2018
NASA is getting ready to launch CeREs!
on Apr 26, 2018
CeREs Launched Successfully!
CeREs lauched successfully from…
on Dec 17, 2018
CeREs Instrument Paper now available!
The CeREs instrument paper is n…
on Mar 14, 2019
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The CeREs 3U CubeSat, set to be launched in mid-2018, will study the physics of the acceleration and loss of radiation belt electrons, particularly loss due to electron microbursts. CeRES will also observe solar electrons and protons entering the magnetosphere via the open field-line polar caps. CeREs is expected to be in a low earth high inclination orbit and carries onboard the Miniaturized Electron pRoton Telescope (MERiT). The MERiT instrument measures electrons and protons ranging in energy from 5 keV to >10 MeV with high time resolution of ~5ms in multiple differential energy channels. MERiT is particle telescope using a stack of solid-state detectors and space-facing avalanche photo diodes.