BurstCube

NASA CubeSat launched from the International Space Station in 2024

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CubeSat, former entity, Falcon 9 Block 5, 

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2024-03-21T00:00:00Z

2024-03-21T00:00:00Z

2024 BurstCube

2024-03-21T00:00:00Z

2024-03-21T00:00:00Z

rocket launch

2024-09-16T00:00:00Z

2024-09-16T00:00:00Z

atmospheric entry

2024-04-18T00:00:00Z

2024-04-18T00:00:00Z

deployment

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BurstCube Deploys from International Space Station (SVS14608 - BurstCube Deployment 1 print)

An individual circuit board rests on a lab bench. The BurstCube mission will use these boards to process data collected from gamma-ray bursts, the most energetic explosions in the cosmos. Credit: NASA/Sophia Roberts

Julie Cox, a mechanical engineer at Goddard, presses aluminized tape to the BurstCube instrument.

Cables connect a card stack to the Electrical Power Subsystem for testing. Even small missions like BurstCube require multiple rounds of verification before they’re ready for launch. Credit: NASA/Sophia Roberts

Circuit boards are inserted into a card stack, like the one shown here, before they’re tested and attached to the baseplate of BurstCube’s spacecraft housing.Credit: NASA/Sophia Roberts

Interior components of the BurstCube satellite appear in this photograph.

NASA engineers Franklin Robinson, Elliot Schwartz, and Colton Cohill secure the lid of a thermal vacuum chamber at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

This photo shows engineers attaching BurstCube to the platform of a thermal vacuum chamber at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

NASA engineer Kate Gasaway goes through a checklist ahead of BurstCube’s magnetic calibration testing at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Julie Cox (NASA) and Justin Clavette (SSAI) work on the BurstCube spacecraft ahead of testing in a thermal vacuum chamber at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, while Robert Moss (NASA) looks on.

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		BurstCube Deploys from International Space Station (SVS14608 - BurstCube Deployment 1 print)		Commons
commons	image		An individual circuit board rests on a lab bench. The BurstCube mission will use these boards to process data collected from gamma-ray bursts, the most energetic explosions in the cosmos. Credit: NASA/Sophia Roberts		Commons
commons	image		Julie Cox, a mechanical engineer at Goddard, presses aluminized tape to the BurstCube instrument.		Commons
commons	image		Cables connect a card stack to the Electrical Power Subsystem for testing. Even small missions like BurstCube require multiple rounds of verification before they’re ready for launch. Credit: NASA/Sophia Roberts		Commons
commons	image		Circuit boards are inserted into a card stack, like the one shown here, before they’re tested and attached to the baseplate of BurstCube’s spacecraft housing.Credit: NASA/Sophia Roberts		Commons
commons	image		Interior components of the BurstCube satellite appear in this photograph.		Commons
commons	image		NASA engineers Franklin Robinson, Elliot Schwartz, and Colton Cohill secure the lid of a thermal vacuum chamber at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.		Commons
commons	image		This photo shows engineers attaching BurstCube to the platform of a thermal vacuum chamber at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.		Commons
commons	image		NASA engineer Kate Gasaway goes through a checklist ahead of BurstCube’s magnetic calibration testing at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.		Commons
commons	image		Julie Cox (NASA) and Justin Clavette (SSAI) work on the BurstCube spacecraft ahead of testing in a thermal vacuum chamber at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, while Robert Moss (NASA) looks on.		Commons