| Mission type | space weather, technology demonstration |
|---|---|
| Operator |  European Space Agency |
| COSPAR ID | 2021-073B |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | 3U CubeSat |
| Manufacturer |  C3S Centre for Energy Research Imperial College Astronika |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 17 August 2021 |
| Rocket | Vega |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | deorbited |
| Declared | 20 August 2024 |
RadCube was a technology demonstration CubeSat for space weather monitoring technologies, operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) in low Earth orbit between 2021 and 2024. [1] [2] [3] [4] The satellite was constructed by the Hungarian company C3S [5] with contributions from the Hungarian Centre for Energy Research, the UK's Imperial College, [6] [7] [8] and the Polish company Astronika. [9] [10] The satellite succesfully demonstrated its radiation telescope (by Centre for Energy Research), its set of "MAGIC" magnetometer sensors (by Imperial College), and its extendable boom (by Astronika). [11] [6] The MAGIC magnetometer will be implemented on future space missions including HENON , ESA's first stand-alone deep space CubeSat. [7]
