{{Short description|Orbiting radio telescope}}
{{Short description|Orbiting radio telescope}}
[[File:SunRISE-FInal-Poster full.jpg|thumb|SunRISE mission poster]]
[[File:SunRISE-FInal-Poster full.jpg|thumb|SunRISE mission poster]]
The ”’Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment”’ (”’SunRISE”’), is a set of [[CubeSat|CubeSats]] designed to study solar activity by acting as an [[Astronomical interferometer|aperture synthesis radio telescope]].<ref name=jpl>{{Cite web |last= |title=SunRISE |url=https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/sun-radio-interferometer-space-experiment |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory |language=en-US}}</ref> It is intended to monitor [[giant solar particle storm]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Potter |first=Sean |date=2020-03-30 |title=NASA Selects Mission to Study Causes of Giant Solar Particle Storms |url=http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-mission-to-study-causes-of-giant-solar-particle-storms |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=NASA}}</ref>
The ”’Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment”’ (”’SunRISE”’), is a set of [[CubeSat|CubeSats]] designed to study solar activity by acting as an [[Astronomical interferometer|aperture synthesis radio telescope]].<ref name=jpl>{{Cite web |last= |title=SunRISE |url=https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/sun-radio-interferometer-space-experiment |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory |language=en-US}}</ref> It is intended to monitor [[giant solar particle storm]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Potter |first=Sean |date=2020-03-30 |title=NASA Selects Mission to Study Causes of Giant Solar Particle Storms |url=http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-mission-to-study-causes-of-giant-solar-particle-storms |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=NASA}}</ref>
The satellites will occupy a [[Supersynchronous orbit|supersynchronous]] [[Geosynchronous orbit|geosynchronous]] [[Geocentric orbit|Earth orbit]].<ref name=ucb/>
The participants in the experiment include [[JPL]], the [[University of Colorado Boulder]] and the [[University of Michigan]].<ref name=jpl/><ref name=ucb>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-18 |title=Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE) |url=https://www.colorado.edu/ness/projects/sun-radio-interferometer-space-experiment-sunrise |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=Network for Exploration and Space Science |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=SunRISE Ground Radio Lab – Home for SunRISE for US high schools |url=https://sunrise.umich.edu/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=sunrise.umich.edu}}</ref> It is expected to be launched in summer 2026.
== Status ==
== Status ==
{{as of|2023|11}}, the six satellites have been built and are going into storage to await their [[Vulcan Centaur]] launch vehicle.<ref name=sd2023>{{cite web |url=https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-6-pack-of-mini-satellites-ready-for-their-moment-in-the-sun |title=NASA’s 6-Pack of Mini-Satellites Ready for Their Moment in the Sun |work=[[Jet Propulsion Laboratory|JPL]] |publisher=[[NASA]] |date=30 November 2023 |access-date=3 December 2023}}</ref>
{{as of|2023|11}}, the six satellites have been built and are going into storage to await their [[Vulcan Centaur]] launch vehicle.<ref name=sd2023>{{cite web |url=https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-6-pack-of-mini-satellites-ready-for-their-moment-in-the-sun |title=NASA’s 6-Pack of Mini-Satellites Ready for Their Moment in the Sun |work=[[Jet Propulsion Laboratory|JPL]] |publisher=[[NASA]] |date=30 November 2023 |access-date=3 December 2023}}</ref>
== References ==
== References ==
[[Category:Space telescopes]]
[[Category:Space telescopes]]
[[Category:Interferometric telescopes]]
[[Category:Interferometric telescopes]]
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