3 papers
astro-ph.GA2026
Predicted Capabilities of the SPRITE SmallSat for a Low-Redshift Lyman Continuum Emission Survey
Yi Hang Valerie Wong, Brian Fleming, Elena Carlson +13
Ionizing Lyman continuum (LyC; ) radiation from low-redshift () galaxies provides crucial insight into the processes that contributed to cosmi…
astro-ph.IM2025
Push-broom Mapping of Galaxies and Supernova Remnants with the SPRITE CubeSat
Elena Carlson, Brian Fleming, Yi Hang Valerie Wong +12
Supernovae (SNe) enrich and energize the surrounding interstellar medium (ISM) and are a key mechanism in the galaxy feedback cycle. The heating of the ISM by supernova shocks, and…
astro-ph.IM2023
Small Platforms, High Return: The Need to Enhance Investment in Small Satellites for Focused Science, Career Development, and Improved Equity
James Paul Mason, Robert G. Begbie, Maitland Bowen +33
In the next decade, there is an opportunity for very high return on investment of relatively small budgets by elevating the priority of smallsat funding in heliophysics. We've lear…