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CUTE

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Science ExplorationLEOCOSPAR 2021-088DLaunched 9/27/2021
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
Landsat 9 Mission
Launch Vehicle
Atlas V 401 C
Launch Date
9/27/2021
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
LEO
Altitude
562 km
Inclination
97.63 deg
Dry Mass
10 kg
Total Mass
10 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Science Exploration
Payload Category
AST
Payload Class
A
Organizations
Operator
University of Colorado
Manufacturer
University of Colorado
Registry
COSPAR ID
2021-088D
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/1031
Track
Mentions
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The budget for developing, assembling, and operating CUTE through the summer of 2024 is about $5,500,000.

FinancialValue 4.0Dec 12, 2023Cubesat offers template for future astronomy missions

Two additional NASA-funded, LASP-led missions adopted similar mission and instrument designs to CUTE.

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Dec 12, 2023
Cubesat offers template for future astronomy missions

The University of Colorado’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) assembled, tested, and operates CUTE.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Dec 12, 2023Cubesat offers template for future astronomy missions

CUTE launched to a sun-synchronous low-Earth orbit in September 2021 as a secondary payload on the NASA–U.S. Geological Survey Landsat 9 mission.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Dec 12, 2023Cubesat offers template for future astronomy missions

The Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE) is a six-unit cubesat designed to characterize the composition and mass-loss rates of exoplanet atmospheres and is scheduled to launch in 2021 on the Landsat 9 spacecraft.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Dec 15, 2020NASA Astrophysics Division embraces cubesats and smallsats

The Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE) plans to study exoplanet transits at ultraviolet wavelengths to understand how some hot Jupiter exoplanets lose mass from their atmospheres.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Jan 7, 2020Cubesats gain broader acceptance for astrophysics missions

CUTE is nearing completion and is scheduled to launch in early 2021 as a secondary payload on the Atlas V launch of Landsat 9.

PlanValue 4.0Jan 7, 2020Cubesats gain broader acceptance for astrophysics missions