BurstCube: a CubeSat for gravitational wave counterparts

Ava A. Myers; Isabella Brewer; Michael S. Briggs; Alessandro Bruno; Eric Burns; Regina Caputo; Brad Cenko; Julie Cox; Georgia de Nolfo; Adam Goldstein; Sean Griffin; Sylvain Guiriec; Lorraine Hanlon; Dieter H. Hartmann; Boyan A. Hristov; Michelle Hui; Alyson Joens; Carolyn Kierans; R. Marc Kippen; Dan Kocevski; John Krizmanic; Sibasish Laha; Amy Lien; Israel Martinez-Castellanos; Sheila McBreen; Julie E. McEnery; J. Grant Mitchell; Lee Mitchell; Robert Moss; David Morris; David Murphy; Pi Nuessle; Jeremy S. Perkins; Judith L. Racusin; Oliver Roberts; Sean Semper; Peter Shawhan; Jacob R. Smith; Teresa Tatoli; Lucia Tian; Alexey Uliyanov; Daniel P. Violette; Sarah Walsh; Colleen A. Wilson-Hodge

doi:10.1117/12.3020456

21 August 2024 BurstCube: a CubeSat for gravitational wave counterparts

Ava A. Myers, Isabella Brewer, Michael S. Briggs, Alessandro Bruno, Eric Burns, Regina Caputo, Brad Cenko, Julie Cox, Georgia de Nolfo, Adam Goldstein, Sean Griffin, Sylvain Guiriec, Lorraine Hanlon, Dieter H. Hartmann, Boyan A. Hristov, Michelle Hui, Alyson Joens, Carolyn Kierans, R. Marc Kippen, Dan Kocevski, John Krizmanic, Sibasish Laha, Amy Lien, Israel Martinez-Castellanos, Sheila McBreen, Julie E. McEnery, J. Grant Mitchell, Lee Mitchell, Robert Moss, David Morris, David Murphy, Pi Nuessle, Jeremy S. Perkins, Judith L. Racusin, Oliver Roberts, Sean Semper, Peter Shawhan, Jacob R. Smith, Teresa Tatoli, Lucia Tian, Alexey Uliyanov, Daniel P. Violette, Sarah Walsh, Colleen A. Wilson-Hodge

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Proceedings Volume 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 130932F (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020456
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

Abstract

BurstCube is a 6U (10 x 20 x 30 cm) CubeSat designed to detect gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and enable multimessenger observations, scheduled to launch in early 2024. BurstCube science is informed by the coincident detection of GRB 170817A and gravitational wave (GW) 170817, which confirmed compact binary mergers as progenitors for GRBs. Future coincident detections will also provide important context to the GW measurements - namely constraining the neutron star equation of state and testing fundamental physics, while also probing the origin of GRB prompt emission. Full sky coverage in the gamma-ray regime is needed to increase the likelihood of such measurements. Once in orbit, BurstCube will expand sky coverage while rapidly providing public alerts and localization information to the community using the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) and General Coordinates Network (GCN). This work will describe the current status of the mission, as well as an outline of post-launch operations, performance, and science goals.

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Ava A. Myers, Isabella Brewer, Michael S. Briggs, Alessandro Bruno, Eric Burns, Regina Caputo, Brad Cenko, Julie Cox, Georgia de Nolfo, Adam Goldstein, Sean Griffin, Sylvain Guiriec, Lorraine Hanlon, Dieter H. Hartmann, Boyan A. Hristov, Michelle Hui, Alyson Joens, Carolyn Kierans, R. Marc Kippen, Dan Kocevski, John Krizmanic, Sibasish Laha, Amy Lien, Israel Martinez-Castellanos, Sheila McBreen, Julie E. McEnery, J. Grant Mitchell, Lee Mitchell, Robert Moss, David Morris, David Murphy, Pi Nuessle, Jeremy S. Perkins, Judith L. Racusin, Oliver Roberts, Sean Semper, Peter Shawhan, Jacob R. Smith, Teresa Tatoli, Lucia Tian, Alexey Uliyanov, Daniel P. Violette, Sarah Walsh, and Colleen A. Wilson-Hodge "BurstCube: a CubeSat for gravitational wave counterparts", Proc. SPIE 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 130932F (21 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020456

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