ASTERIA

ASTERIA was a miniaturized space telescope technology demonstration and opportunistic science mission to conduct astrophysical measurements using a CubeSat. It was designed in collaboration between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. ASTERIA was the first JPL-built CubeSat to have been successfully operated in space. Originally envisioned as a project for training early career scientists and engineers, ASTERIA's technical goal was to achieve arcsecond-level line-of-sight pointing error and highly stable focal plane temperature control. These technologies are important for precision photometry, i.e., the measurement of stellar brightness over time. Precision photometry, in turn, provides a way to study stellar activity, transiting exoplanets, and other astrophysical phenomena.

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1998 Website,  Wikimedia, Wikidata
space telescope, CubeSat, Falcon 9 Full Thrust, 

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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

1998 ASTERIA

2017-08-14T00:00:00Z

2017-08-14T00:00:00Z

rocket launch

2017-11-20T00:00:00Z

2017-11-20T00:00:00Z

orbit insertion

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PIA22413 – Astrophysics CubeSat Demonstrates Big Potential in a Small Package, Figure 4

PIA22413 – Astrophysics CubeSat Demonstrates Big Potential in a Small Package, Figure 2

PIA22413 – Astrophysics CubeSat Demonstrates Big Potential in a Small Package, Figure 1

ASTERIA CubeSAt lens alignment

ASTERIA CubeSat space telescope

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		PIA22413 – Astrophysics CubeSat Demonstrates Big Potential in a Small Package, Figure 4		Commons
commons	image		PIA22413 – Astrophysics CubeSat Demonstrates Big Potential in a Small Package, Figure 2		Commons
commons	image		PIA22413 – Astrophysics CubeSat Demonstrates Big Potential in a Small Package, Figure 1		Commons
commons	image		ASTERIA CubeSAt lens alignment		Commons
commons	image		ASTERIA CubeSat space telescope		Commons