PICASSO (satellite)

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PICASSO
Mission type Atmospheric science
Operator ESA
COSPAR ID 2020-061K
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type3U CubeSat
Manufacturer Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, AAC Clyde Space
Start of mission
Launch date3 September, 2020
Rocket Vega
Launch site Guiana Space Centre
End of mission
Decay date13 April 2024
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PICASSO (Pico-Satellite for Atmospheric and Space Science Observations) was a CubeSat mission for technology demonstration in atmospheric science, operated in low Earth orbit by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BISA) between 2022 and 2024. [1] [2] Its goal was to demonstrate measurements of ozone distribution in the stratosphere, temperature profile up to the mesosphere, and electron density in the ionosphere using a low-cost small satellite. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Its primary instrument was VISION, a hyper-spectral imager for observing the Earth's atmospheric limb during orbital Sun occultation. [8] The other instrument was SLP, a multi-needle Langmuir probe. [8] [9] [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Technical details for satellite PICASSO-BEL". N2YO.com - Real Time Satellite Tracking and Predictions. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  2. ↑ "PICASSO (Pico-Satellite for Atmospheric and Space Science Observations) - eoPortal". www.eoportal.org. Archived from the original on 2024-09-17. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  3. ↑ "PICASSO". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  4. ↑ Kulu, Erik. "PICASSO". Nanosats Database. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  5. ↑ "PICASSO - Case Study | Bright Ascension". Bright Ascension. Archived from the original on 2024-08-08. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  6. ↑ "PICASSO CubeSat to sift secrets from sunrise". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  7. ↑ "PICASSO". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  8. 1 2 Baker, Noel; Anciaux, Michel; Demoulin, Philippe; Fussen, Didier; Pieroux, Didier; Ranvier, Sylvain (2021). "PICASSO: The Golden CubeSat". EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts: EGU21–15865. Bibcode:2021EGUGA..2315865B. doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-15865 .
  9. ↑ Ranvier, Sylvain; Lebreton, Jean-Pierre (2023). "Laboratory measurements of the performances of the Sweeping Langmuir Probe instrument aboard the PICASSO CubeSat". Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems. 12 (1): 1–13. Bibcode:2023GI.....12....1R. doi: 10.5194/gi-12-1-2023 . ISSN   2193-0856.
  10. ↑ Ranvier, Sylvain; Anciaux, Michel; Lebreton, Jean-Pierre; Keyser, Johan de (2020). "Validation and characterisation of the Sweeping Langmuir Probe (SLP) instrument for the PICASSO mission". 22nd EGU General Assembly: 14126. Bibcode:2020EGUGA..2214126R. doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-14126 .{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
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