BurstCube: a CubeSat for gravitational wave counterparts

Perkins, J. S.; Brewer, Isabella; Briggs, M. S.; Bruno, A.; Burns, E.; Caputo, R.; Cenko, B.; Cucchiara, Antonino; Nolfo, Georgia de; Dumonthier, Jeffrey; Griffin, S.; Hanlon, L.; Hartmann, D. H.; Hristov, Boyan; Hui, C. M.; Joens, Alyson; Kierans, Carolyn; Kippen, M.; Kocevski, D.; Krizmanic, John F.; Laha, Sibasish; Lien, A. Y.; Martínez-Castellanos, I.; McBreen, S.; McEnery, J. E.; Mitchell, J. G.; Mitchell, Lee J.; Morris, David C.; Murphy, David; Racusin, J. L.; Roberts, O. J.; Shawhan, P.; Smith, Jacob; Suárez, Guillaume; Tatoli, Teresa; Uliyanov, Alexey; Vázquez, C. Viscasillas; Walsh, Sarah; Wilson-Hodge, C.

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“…14 The sky coverage of these missions can be enhanced on relatively short timescales by the bespoke development of CubeSat missions designed for GRB detection, such as BurstCube. 15 GMOD will be flown as a scientific payload on board The Educational Irish Research Satellite -1 (EIRSAT-1), 16 a 2U CubeSat under development with the European Space Agency (ESA) Fly Your Satellite! (FYS) programme.…”

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The environmental test campaign of GMOD: a novel gamma-ray detector

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Dunwoody

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International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2020

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The Gamma-Ray Module (GMOD) is a novel gamma-ray detector developed for the study of high energy astrophysical transients called Gamma-Ray Bursts. GMOD has been designed in-house and will be flown on board EIRSAT-1, intended to be Ireland's first satellite, a 2U CubeSat developed as part of the European Space Agency's Fly Your Satellite! programme. The detector comprises a 25×25×40mm CeBr 3 scintillator, coupled to a tiled array of 16 OnSemiconductor Silicon Photomultipliers with front-end readout provided by the IDE3380 SIPHRA. The readout is received by the GMOD Motherboard which provides temporary storage and support functionality for the instrument operation, including the transfer of Time-Tagged Event data to the EIRSAT-1 On Board Computer. The Engineering Qualification Model was environmentally tested following an approach tailored from the ECSS standards in early February 2020 at the CubeSat Support Facility in Transinne, Belgium. This campaign was conducted to qualify the hardware for low Earth orbit, including multi-axis vibration testing and thermal-vacuum cycling under qualification test levels and durations. GMOD was mounted on a 20kN electrodynamic shaker in which it underwent predefined sine and random vibration test profiles, demonstrating its ability to withstand the launch environment. The instrument was then thermally cycled under vacuum over

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The environmental test campaign of GMOD: a novel gamma-ray detector

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Dunwoody

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“…For example, long-duration pointed monitoring is a unique niche. So far the Astrophysics division within NASA's Science Mission Directorate has funded four CubeSat missions: in γ-rays (BurstCube, (171) ), X-rays (HaloSat, (172) ), and in the ultraviolet (SPARCS, (173) ; CUTE, (174) ).…”

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Review: far-infrared instrumentation and technological development for the next decade

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Smith

Ardila

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J. Astron. Telesc. Instrum. Syst.

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Far-infrared astronomy has advanced rapidly since its inception in the late 1950's, driven by a maturing technology base and an expanding community of researchers. This advancement has shown that observations at far-infrared wavelengths are important in nearly all areas of astrophysics, from the search for habitable planets and the origin of life, to the earliest stages of galaxy assembly in the first few hundred million years of cosmic history. The combination of a still developing portfolio of technologies, particularly in the field of detectors, and a widening ensemble of platforms within which these technologies can be deployed, means that far-infrared astronomy holds the potential for paradigm-shifting advances over the next decade. In this review, we examine current and future far-infrared observing platforms, including ground-based, sub-orbital, and space-based facilities, and discuss the technology development pathways that will enable and enhance these platforms to best address the challenges facing far-infrared astronomy in the 21st century.

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“…Current and planned near-future large scale missions, including SVOM [ 23 ], a Chinese-French mission due for launch in 2022, will not provide the full-sky coverage required for efficient detection of electromagnetic counterparts to GW events [ 24 ]. This potential gap has led to a search for alternative solutions, such as a fleet of small satellites with gamma-ray detecting technology.…”

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“…Other agencies are in the process of developing CubeSats with GRB detection and localisation capabilities e.g. BurstCube [ 24 ], MoonBEAM [ 27 ], HERMES [ 28 – 31 ], CAMELOT [ 32 ] and GRID [ 33 ]. GRBAlpha [ 34 ] is an in-orbit demonstration for CAMELOT which has recently been launched [ 35 ].…”

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A compact instrument for gamma-ray burst detection on a CubeSat platform I

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The Educational Irish Research Satellite 1 (EIRSAT-1) is a 2U CubeSat being developed under ESA’s Fly Your Satellite! programme. The project has many aspects, which are primarily educational, but also include space qualification of new detector technologies for gamma-ray astronomy and the detection of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The Gamma-ray Module (GMOD), the main mission payload, is a small gamma-ray spectrometer comprising a 25 mm × 25 mm × 40 mm cerium bromide scintillator coupled to an array of 16 silicon photomultipliers. The readout is provided by IDE3380 (SIPHRA), a low-power and radiation tolerant readout ASIC. GMOD will detect gamma-rays and measure their energies in a range from tens of keV to a few MeV. Monte Carlo simulations were performed using the Medium Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy Library to evaluate GMOD’s capability for the detection of GRBs in low Earth orbit. The simulations used a detailed mass model of the full spacecraft derived from a very high-fidelity 3D CAD model. The sky-average effective area of GMOD on board EIRSAT-1 was found to be 10 cm2 at 120 keV. The instrument is expected to detect between 11 and 14 GRBs, at a significance greater than 10σ (and up to 32 at 5σ), during a nominal one-year mission. The shape of the scintillator in GMOD results in omni-directional sensitivity which allows for a nearly all-sky field of view.

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BurstCube: a CubeSat for gravitational wave counterparts

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The environmental test campaign of GMOD: a novel gamma-ray detector

The environmental test campaign of GMOD: a novel gamma-ray detector

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A compact instrument for gamma-ray burst detection on a CubeSat platform I

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