BlackCAT
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NASA's small satellite space telescope for X-ray astronomy
| Mission type | Space telescope (Astrophysics) |
|---|---|
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 2026-004? |
| SATCAT no. | 673?? |
| Mission duration | 14 months (planned) 4 months, 30 days (in progress) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Manufacturer | Penn State |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 11 January 2026, 13:44:50 UTC |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 (booster 1097) |
| Launch site | Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 4 |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Dawn/dusk sun-synchronous orbit |
| Altitude | 500 to 600 km |
BlackCAT (Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope) is a small X-ray astronomy space telescope in the form of a 6U CubeSat developed by NASA and Penn State.[1] [2] [3] Its objective is to observe gamma ray bursts, counterparts to multi-messenger events, and other high energy transient astronomical events.[4] [5] [6] [7] The spacecraft launched on 11 January 2026 on a Falcon 9 rideshare mission "Twilight" together with two other astronomy mission by NASA: Pandora and SPARCS.[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] The spacecraft is expected to undergo two months of in-orbit commissioning followed by a one year science mission. Its orbital lifetime is expected to be approximately 10 years.[14]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Current Projects – The Falcone Group". sites.psu.edu. Retrieved 2026年01月11日.
- ^ "Research Portal". laro.lanl.gov. Retrieved 2026年01月11日.
- ^ Kulu, Erik. "BlackCAT". Nanosats Database. Retrieved 2026年01月11日.
- ^ Tomaswick, Andy (2025年01月07日). "A CubeSat Mission Will Detect X-rays from GRBs and Black-Hole Mergers". Universe Today. Retrieved 2026年01月11日.
- ^ Colosimo, Joseph; Falcone, Abraham; Team, The BlackCAT (2025). "The BlackCAT CubeSat Wide-Field X-Ray Transient Monitor". American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #245. 245: 144.01D. Bibcode:2025AAS...24514401C.
- ^ Falcone, Abraham D.; Wages, Mitchell J.; Colosimo, Joseph M.; Ashcroft, Ian T.; Betts, Michael; Bevidas, William A.; Bortree, Brynn; Burrows, David N.; Catlin, Zachary E.; Deppe, Sierra; Emeigh, Timothy R.; Forstmeier, Thomas; Fox, Derek B.; Gremling, Killian M.; Hartmann, Dennis; Hossen, Md. Arman; Nizam, Kadri M.; Oneill, Laurel L.; Palmer, David M.; Raytsis, Abigail A.; Stone, Lukas R.; Washington, Daniel; Zugger, Michael E. (2025). Siegmund, Oswald H.; Hoadley, Keri (eds.). "The BlackCAT CubeSat: a soft x-ray coded aperture telescope" . Proceedings Volume 13625, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXIV: 14. doi:10.1117/12.3065703. ISBN 978-1-5106-9158-2.
- ^ Falcone, Abraham D.; Colosimo, Joseph M.; Wages, Mitchell; Betts, Michael; Bevidas, William A.; Bortree, Brynn; Buffington, Jacob C.; Burrows, David N.; Catlin, Zachary E.; Emeigh, Timothy; Forstmeier, Thomas; Fox, Derek B.; Gremling, Killian; Hossen, Md. Arman; Nizam, Kadri (2024年08月21日). "BlackCAT: An upcoming soft x-ray coded aperture telescope on a 6U CubeSat". In Den Herder, Jan-Willem A.; Nakazawa, Kazuhiro; Nikzad, Shouleh (eds.). Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Yokohama, Japan: SPIE. p. 91. doi:10.1117/12.3020370. ISBN 978-1-5106-7509-4.
- ^ "NASA's Pandora Satellite, CubeSats to Explore Exoplanets, Beyond - NASA Science". 2026年01月09日. Retrieved 2026年01月11日.
- ^ "A cereal-box-sized space telescope heads for the stars | ASU News". news.asu.edu. 2026年01月08日. Retrieved 2026年01月11日.
- ^ Davenport, Justin (2026年01月11日). "SpaceX's Twilight rideshare mission set to fly from Vandenberg". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 2026年01月11日.
- ^ "Twilight (Pandora & Others) | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Next Spaceflight". nextspaceflight.com. Retrieved 2026年01月11日.
- ^ Foust, Jeff (2026年01月11日). "NASA astrophysics, commercial satellites launch on SpaceX rideshare mission". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2026年01月11日.
- ^ Luciani 0, Massimo (2026年01月11日). "A success for the launch of NASA's Pandora, BlackCAT, and SPARCS astronomical missions" . Retrieved 2026年01月11日.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Colosimo, Joseph M.; Fox, Derek B.; Falcone, Abraham D.; Palmer, David M.; Hancock, Frederic; Betts, Michael; Bevidas, William A.; Buffington, Jacob C.; Burrows, David N. (2024年10月01日). "Expected Gamma-Ray Burst Detection Rates and Redshift Distributions for the BlackCAT CubeSat Mission". The Astrophysical Journal. 969 (2): 138. arXiv:2405.10872 . Bibcode:2024ApJ...969..138C. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ad4f8b .
External links
[edit ]- "Two New CubeSats to Monitor Nearby Stars and Distant Black Holes - Sky & Telescope". www.skyandtelescope.org. 13 January 2026. Retrieved 2026年01月13日.
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