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Mission type | Cosmic ray detection | ||||||
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Operator | Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys | ||||||
Website | The Langton Star Centre | ||||||
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Manufacturer | Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd | ||||||
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LUCID (Langton Ultimate Cosmic ray Intensity Detector) is a cosmic ray detector built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd and designed at Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, in Canterbury, England. [1] Its main purpose is to monitor cosmic rays using technology developed by CERN, and will help predict the occurrence of solar flares (proton storms) which disrupt artificial satellites. [2] [3] LUCID was launched on 8 July 2014 at Baikonur, Kazakhstan as an instrument of the satellite TechDemoSat-1 , which was carried into space by a Soyuz-2 rocket. [4]