Published 15:27 IST, March 31st 2020
NASA announces new mission to study causes of solar particle storms, names it 'SunRISE'
NASA selected a new mission called the Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE) to study how the Sun generates & releases giant space weather storms.
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NASA has selected a new mission called Sun Rio Interferometer Experiment (SunRISE) to study how Sun generates and releases giant wear storms, kwn as solar particle storms, into planetary system. According to NASA’s official website, information from new mission will improve understanding of how solar system works. Furrmore, it will also help protect astronauts travelling to Moon and Mars by providing better information on how Sun’s riation affects environment y travel through.
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new mission is an ‘array of six CubeSats’ which will be operating as one very large rio telescope. In a bid to design, build and launch mission, NASA has awarded $62.6 million. launch will be earlier than July 1, 2023.
According to official site, Nicky Fox, director of NASA’s Heliophysics Division, said, “We are so pleased to d a new mission to our fleet of craft that help us better understand Sun, as well as how our star influences environment between planets”.
He furr said, " more we kw about how Sun erupts with wear events, more we can mitigate ir effects on craft and astronauts”.
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Mission to study giant wear particle storms
NASA website furr reveals that mission design relies on six solar-powered CubeSats to observe rio ims of low-frequency emission from solar activity and share m via NASA’s Deep Network. constellation of CubeSats will also fly within six miles of each or, above Earth’s atmosphere. Furrmore, site explains that toger, six CubeSats will create 3D maps to pinpoint where giant particle bursts originate on Sun and how y evolve as y expand outward into .
Thomas Zurbuchen, mission’s principal investigator, also took to Twitter to explain mission furr.
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15:27 IST, March 31st 2020