The Optical Profiling of the Atmospheric Limb (OPAL) CubeSat Experiment

Authors

Preston Hooser, Utah State University
Eric Ashby, Utah State University
USU OPAL Team
Mike Taylor, Utah State University
Alan Marchant, Utah State University
Charles M. Swenson, Utah State University
Ludger Scherliess, Utah State University
Chad Fish, Utah State University
Andrew B. Christensen, Dixie State University
Mary Cleave, University of Maryland Easter Shores
Dennis McCarthy, Hawk Institute for Space Science
Tim Neilson, Space Dynamics Laboratory

Document Type

Poster

Journal/Book Title/Conference

CEDAR 2015 Workshop

Publication Date

6-21-2015

Abstract

OPAL is an NSF CubeSat-based Science Mission within the Geospace and Atmospheric Research program. OPAL will measure lower thermospheric temperatures from 90-140 km altitude by observing the daytime 02 A-band (~762nm) emission with a high-sensitivity, hyper-spectral limb imager. The OPAL imager will be incorporated into a 3-U CubeSat bus with mission duration > 12 months. A student team at Utah State University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Dixie State University, supported by professional scientists and engineers from the Space Dynamics Laboratory, Hawk Institute and NASA is executing the OPAL mission.

Recommended Citation

Hooser, Preston; Ashby, Eric; USU OPAL Team; Taylor, Mike; Marchant, Alan; Swenson, Charles M.; Scherliess, Ludger; Fish, Chad; Christensen, Andrew B.; Cleave, Mary; McCarthy, Dennis; and Neilson, Tim, "The Optical Profiling of the Atmospheric Limb (OPAL) CubeSat Experiment" (2015). All Physics Faculty Publications. Paper 2215.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/physics_facpub/2215