NASA CubeSat Finds New Radiation Belts After May 2024 Solar Storm https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasa-cubesat-finds-new-radiation-belts-after-may-2024-solar-storm/ #NASA #CubeSats #GoddardSpaceFlightCenter #Heliophysics #HeliophysicsDivision #Ionosphere #SpaceWeather #TheSun #VanAllenProbes

A view of United Launch Alliance’s Vertical Integration Facility at Cape #Canaveral Air Force Station with an #Atlas V #rocket with the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or #RBSP probes, later renamed the Van Allen #probes, to study the Earth’s magnetic field.
The #AtlasV is on its Mobile Launch Platform and is preparing to be rolled out to its launch pad at LC-41.

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A #ULA #AtlasV 4-meter fairing, hand-painted with the #NASA logo, the #RBSP program logo, the #UnitedStatesFlag, and the #AtlasProgram #logo. The 4-meter fairing provides less volume for payloads than the 5 meter version, but weighs less.
After launch, the Radiation Belt Storm Probes were renamed the Van Allen Probes once in orbit, and continue to study the Van Allen Belts and Earth’s magnetosphere.
#RadiationBeltStormProbes, #RBSP, #NASA, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #VanAllenProbes, #rocket, #Atlasrocket #AtlasVrocket #MightyAtlas (#ToryBrunoCallsItThatNotFox).
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