BurstCube Animations

  • Released Friday, October 28, 2022
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BurstCube is a mission under development at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. This CubeSat will detect short gamma-ray bursts, which are important sources for gravitational wave discoveries and multimessenger astronomy. The satellite is expected to launch in 2023.

This animation spins BurstCube to reveal the widest sides of the spacecraft. Solar panels appear at left, seen nearly edge on. The side bearing a large, circular hole is the one that will face the sky.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

This animation rotates BustCube to reveal the spacecraft’s narrowest sides, as well as both sides of the solar panels. The panels will be folded down and latched until the satellite leaves the International Space Station, after which they will deploy. Look for the side displaying the BurstCube logo.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

Same as the above with an alpha channel.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

BurstCube, illustrated here, will orbit Earth as it hunts for short gamma-ray bursts.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

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This page was originally published on Friday, October 28, 2022.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 11:43 AM EDT.