Current status of the BlackCAT CubeSat

Joseph M. Colosimo; Abe D. Falcone; Mitchell Wages; Michael Betts; William A. Bevidas Jr.; Jacob C. Buffington; David N. Burrows; Zachary E. Catlin; Timothy Emeigh; Derek B. Fox; Hannah M. Grzybowski; Frederic Hancock; Evan C. Jennerjahn; Jordan Josties; David M. Palmer; Collin S. Reichard; Ana C. Scigliani; Lukas R. Stone; Ian Thornton; Daniel Washington; Michael E. Zugger

doi:10.1117/12.2669308

5 October 2023 Current status of the BlackCAT CubeSat

Joseph M. Colosimo, Abe D. Falcone, Mitchell Wages, Michael Betts, William A. Bevidas Jr., Jacob C. Buffington, David N. Burrows, Zachary E. Catlin, Timothy Emeigh, Derek B. Fox, Hannah M. Grzybowski, Frederic Hancock, Evan C. Jennerjahn, Jordan Josties, David M. Palmer, Collin S. Reichard, Ana C. Scigliani, Lukas R. Stone, Ian Thornton, Daniel Washington, Michael E. Zugger

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Proceedings Volume 12678, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXIII; 1267811 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2669308
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2023, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

BlackCAT is a NASA CubeSat mission planned to be launch-ready in early 2025. Using a wide-field telescope, this 6U CubeSat will monitor the soft x-ray sky, searching for high-redshift Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), gravitational-wave counterparts, and other transient events. After detecting burst events, BlackCAT will be capable of transmitting rapid alerts to enable prompt follow-up observations. The instrument is composed of a coded-aperture telescope using an array of event-driven x-ray Hybrid CMOS Detectors (HCDs) in its focal plane. In this paper, we provide a brief update on the design and status of the mission.

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Joseph M. Colosimo, Abe D. Falcone, Mitchell Wages, Michael Betts, William A. Bevidas Jr., Jacob C. Buffington, David N. Burrows, Zachary E. Catlin, Timothy Emeigh, Derek B. Fox, Hannah M. Grzybowski, Frederic Hancock, Evan C. Jennerjahn, Jordan Josties, David M. Palmer, Collin S. Reichard, Ana C. Scigliani, Lukas R. Stone, Ian Thornton, Daniel Washington, and Michael E. Zugger "Current status of the BlackCAT CubeSat", Proc. SPIE 12678, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXIII, 1267811 (5 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2669308

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