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NASA is set to launch a shoebox-sized satellite into space to study how Earth's atmosphere interacts wth the Sun.

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The CubeSat is named Dellingr after the mythological Norse god of the dawn.

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The spacecraft recently completed tests in the Magnetic Test Facility at NASA Goddard.

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The room encloses a 42-foot-diameter coil system that cancels out Earth's magnetic field.

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The entire building is made with nonmagnetic materials such as wood and aluminum.

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The facility is isolated from other buildings to avoid any other magnetic influence.

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This allowed scientists to evaluate the spacecraft's own magnetic field, which can affect its movement and measurements in space.

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They also tested Dellingr's magnetometers - key instruments for measuring the direction and strength of the magnetic fields that surround Earth.

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Dellingr will study the ionosphere - a layer of charged particles in Earth's upper atmosphere.

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Solar radiation interacts with the ionosphere, causing it to expand and contract. 

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The movement of the ionosphere can drive space weather and affect satellite orbits.

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CubeSats are relatively inexpensive and provide scientists with quick and accurate data from space.

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Scientists have been able to fly constellations of low-cost missions and micro satellites

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for gathering simultaneous and global measurements.

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The more satellites like Dellingr we have to explore the complex Sun-Earth system,

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the better we can understand how it might affect us here on Earth.

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