MinXSS CubeSat

We've also publicly released our final report to NASA as the last in the series of grants that funded these projects came to a close in March. We were so proud of this mission we figured it was worth sharing with everyone. lasp.colorado.edu/minxss/2025/05…

Really nice article highlighting all that's been achieved on the MinXSS series of spacecraft lasp.colorado.edu/2025/05/19/a-n…

We just released the latest version of MinXSS-1, -2, and DAXSS data. Read more here lasp.colorado.edu/minxss/2025/03…

Crisel Suarez, Phd student @CenterForAstro and @VanderbiltU gave a great UpGoerFive talk on the @minxsscubesat at #AGU2023. I am proud of her growth in our research group.

Awesome video NASA put together about the paper with over 1000 student contributors that I got to help @lewandoh lead. Plus, it included data from @minxsscubesat!

Are you attending #SmallSat2023 at Utah State in Logan this week? Be sure to stop by Booth 178 to pick up LASP's SmallSat collectible cards and to learn more about how LASP is leading the SmallSat revolution! Collect them all! smallsat.org

Solar folks, only 1 week left to submit abstracts to @theAGU #AGU23! Please consider submitting to our 6th annual (!) session, SH011 – High-Energy Solar Investigations Through Next-Generation Remote Sensing: Spectroscopy, Imaging, and Beyond. agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/preli…

If you didn’t get a chance yesterday, catch up with the recording of the livestream of #CATE2024’s adventure at the 20 April 2023 total solar eclipse in Exmouth, and experience totality with @astronamir and the team! youtube.com/live/-jdW4BUpt…

Join SwRI’s @astronamir live on YouTube at 10 pm CT for tonight’s Ningaloo eclipse as he and other team members observe changes in the sky leading up to totality! #Ningaloo is a rare hybrid eclipse, changing appearance as the Moon crosses Earth. @SouthwestResearchInstitute" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@SouthwestRese…

Oh hey, that’s me in the picture! A nice paper by @HarlanSpence2, @astronamir, and colleagues shows how CubeSats, including MinXSS, can keep up with the “big boys” in terms of science per dollar.

A recent paper by @HarlanSpence2, myself, and colleagues highlights the scientific power of #CubeSats, and got picked up by @ScienceMagazine for a news article. Hope you enjoy!

Solar peeps — registration and abstract submission are now open for the SPHERE workshop, to be held 11-15 July 2022! We look forward to seeing you there! sphere.boulder.swri.edu

Solar peeps — please join us 11–15 July 2022 for the Solar Physics High Energy Research (SPHERE) Workshop, to be held jointly in Boulder, CO; Windisch, CH; & online. Details & a link to the workshop website are in the announcement. Hope to see you there! solarnews.nso.edu/solar-physics-…

I saw you, M4.0 flare at 2022-03-28 11:29:00 UTC! New biggest flare of the #INSPIRESat1 mission. Should be able to downlink the observations this week. Really loving the solar cycle picking back up 🎉

We have first light! INSPIRESat-1/DAXSS (Dual-zone Aperture X-ray Solar Spectrometer) AKA MinXSS-3. The improved energy resolution is really paying off already. We've also already started observing flares (though this spectrum is fairly quiet). lasp.colorado.edu/home/minxss/20…

Solar/helio peeps – WE'RE HIRING! @dbseaton & I are looking for 2 postdocs to work @SwRI on exciting solar coronal projects including instrumentation & data analysis... CubeSats, eclipses, the middle corona, citizen science, & more! #solarphysics resapp.swri.org/ResApp/Job_Det…

Just did our annual update of our list of papers and presentations. Up to 31 papers now and ... wow, the first presentation was a _decade_ ago! lasp.colorado.edu/home/minxss/sc…

Calling all research scientists: @NASA annual ROSES call is out for proposals, and it includes explicit callout to work with our data under the Heliophysics Guest Investigator program. We would _love_ to work with you! If you have ideas and want help, reach out to us!

That's me!

#inspiresat1 has a new TLE listed on @SpaceTrackOrg ``` 1 51657U 22013B 22045.32730471 .00595061 00000-0 31358-1 0 9999 2 51657 97.5640 54.4400 0009704 252.6704 123.7726 15.13083661 46 ``` We haven't tested it ourselves yet but will be today.