Official name CSIM
Alternative name CSIM-FD
Cospar ID 2018-099AM
Norad ID 43793
Launch date 2018-12-03
Launch site AFWTR
Launch vehicle Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
Country/Organization USA
Type application Research, solar
Operator Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU)
RCS size MEDIUM
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 95.13
Inclination (deg) 97.53
Perigee (km) 515
Apogee (km) 535
Eccentricity 0.019047619047619
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.1371807000946
Semi-Major axis (km) 6903.135
Raan (deg) 195.2577
Arg of perigee (deg) 91.3671
Shape Box + 2 Pan
Mass (kg) 10
Height (m) 0.3
Width (m) 0.2
Depth (m) 0.2
Span (m^2) 1.3
Contractors University of Colorado at Boulder (prime); Blue Canyon Technologies (bus)
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (6U)
Power 2 deployable fixed solar arrays, solar cells, batteries

CSIM-FD (Compact Spectral Irradiance Monitor Flight Demonstration) is a nanosatellite project of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado at Boulder to built a 6U-CubeSat to take observations of the Sun.

The purpose of the CSIM FD demonstration mission is to measure solar spectral irradiance to understand how solar variability impacts the Earth?s climate and to validate climate model sensitivity to spectrally varying solar forcing.

LASP will provide, integrate and test the CSIM FD payload with BCT?s 6U spacecraft bus. BCT will conduct the functional bus testing, while LASP will perform environmental testing of the complete spacecraft prior to launch. BCT?s 6U spacecraft is a high-performance CubeSat that includes an ultra-precise attitude control system that allows for accurate knowledge and fine-pointing of the satellite payload. The highly integrated design also maximizes payload volume.

The satellite is planned for a launch in November 2018 into a 500 km × 500 km, 52° orbit.

The satellite was launched on Spaceflight Industry's SSO-A multi-satellite launch on a Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) rocket.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
CSIM 2018-099AM 2018-12-03 AFWTR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with SkySat 14, 15, Eu:CROPIS, STPSat 5, FalconSat 6, NEXTSat 1, KazSTSAT, eXCITe, SeeMe, ICEYE X2, BlackSky 2, ESEO, Hawk A, B, C, Capella 1, AISTECHSAT 2, Hiber 2, ITASAT 1, Landmapper-BC 4, ORS 7A, 7B, Al-Farabi 2, Astrocast 0.1, Audacy 0, BRIO, Centauri 1, Eaglet 1, Enoch, Flock-3s 1, 2, 3, K2SAT, KazSciSat 1, MinXSS 2, Orbital Reflector, RAAF M1, SeaHawk 1, SNUSAT 2, THEA, VESTA, PW-Sat 2, SNUGLITE, VisionCube, RANGE A, B, Elysium-Star 2, ExseedSat 1, Fox 1C, Irvine 02, JY1-Sat, KNACKSAT, MOVE 2, SpaceBEE 5, 6, 7, Suomi-100, WeissSat 1, Sirion Pathfinder 2, OrbWeaver 1, 2, SPAWAR-CAL O, OR, R