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most citedMiniature X-Ray Solar Spectrometer (MinXSS) - A Science-Oriented, University 3U CubeSat

60 citations · 200 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

astro-ph.SR2023★ 17 cited

First Results for Solar Soft X-ray Irradiance Measurements from the Third Generation Miniature X-Ray Solar Spectrometer

Thomas N. Woods, Bennet Schwab, Robert Sewell +11

Three generations of the Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer (MinXSS) have flown on small satellites with the goal "to explore the energy distribution of soft X-ray (SXR) emissions…

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…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 27 cited

The Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE) Mission Overview

Kevin France, Brian Fleming, Arika Egan +18

Atmospheric escape is a fundamental process that affects the structure, composition, and evolution of many planets. The signatures of escape are detectable on close-in, gaseous exo…

astro-ph.IM2022

Helio2024 Science White Paper: Solar and Heliospheric Magnetism in 5D

Alexei A. Pevtsov, T. Woods, V. Martinez-Pillet +9

This White Paper argues for the urgent need for the multi-vantage/multi-point observations of the Sun and the heliosphere in the framework of six (6) key science objectives. We fur…

astro-ph.SR2021

SunCET: A compact EUV instrument to fill a critical observational gap

James Paul Mason, Phillip C. Chamberlin, Daniel Seaton +16

The Sun Coronal Ejection Tracker (SunCET) is an extreme ultraviolet imager and spectrograph instrument concept for tracking coronal mass ejections through the region where they exp…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 38 cited

MinXSS-2 CubeSat mission overview: Improvements from the successful MinXSS-1 mission

James Paul Mason, Thomas N. Woods, Phillip C. Chamberlin +9

The second Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer (MinXSS-2) CubeSat, which begins its flight in late 2018, builds on the success of MinXSS-1, which flew from 2016-05-16 to 2017-05-06.…