--- title: "For SunRISE Mission NASA's First Set of Small Satellites got Ready" description: "NASA's SunRISE has been an ambitious that would plan to launch the biggest radio telescope ever to detect and track unsafe explosive space weather eve" author: "Siddhi Shaw" published: 2022-08-13 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1872/for-sunrise-mission-nasa-s-first-set-of-small-satellites-got-ready category: "space and research" tags: ["space science", "science and technology"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # For SunRISE Mission NASA's First Set of Small Satellites got Ready **NASA's SunRISE** or **Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment** has been an ambitious that would plan to launch the biggest radio telescope ever to detect and track unsafe explosive space [weather events](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/111919/what-s-driving-the-increase-in-extreme-weather-events). It has been mentioned by the **US** [space agency](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32252/cryogenic-engine-for-upper-stage-of-gslv-mk-iii-was-successfully-tested-by-which-space-agency) that the [production](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1489/the-countries-that-dominate-world-fossil-fuel-production) of the first six satellites has been completed at the **Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL)**. Well, it has been noticed that the SDL had contracted to build, test, and commission all six [satellites](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1860/for-commercial-remote-sensing-china-had-launched-16-new-satellites-into-the-orbit) for the mission. ``` HIGHLIGHTSSDL was contracted to build, test, and commission all six satellites of the missionsIn 2024 NASA's SunRISE would launch as a radio telescope in an orbitData to be used by SunRISE team to make detailed maps of their positions in 3D ``` Anticipated for a launch in **2024**, NASA's SunRISE would be a radio telescope in an orbit that would enable scientists to grasp explosive area weather events. It would use the combined power of six toaster-size satellites in order to observe the **Sun** in a way that so far has been '**impossible**' from Earth's surface. **Jim Lux**, the SunRISE project manager at NASA's **Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)** in **South California** has mentioned that “**It's very exciting to see the space vehicles to come together**.” Each small satellite or **SmallSat** was used in the SunRISE project that would perform as an individual to discover bursts of radio waves from the Sun's superheated atmosphere, which could be [called as](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/471/why-is-white-box-testing-called-as-glass-box-testing) the **corona**. Therefore the satellites which were equipped with four telescoping antenna booms that would extend about **ten feet** (2.5 meters) to create an “**X**,' would orbit Earth at about **22,000 miles** (36,000 kilometres) away, whereas moving along to trace out a virtual radio telescope. ![For SunRISE Mission NASA](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/645947/0049cc37-5e90-457e-81aa-6d8cb2053872/images/ac9cdb46-1c74-4577-8ef6-1e19c3fb7c56.jpeg)\ Well, the signals, received from the six SmallSats via NASA's **Deep Space Network**, would be used by the scientists to make a large-aperture radio telescope as wide as the distance between the SmallSats that were farthest apart about **6 miles** (10 kilometres), using the technique of interferometry. Unlike several ground-based radio telescopes that would also use interferometry to mix the observing power of many individual antennas, SunRISE would be able to see the long wavelengths that were blocked by a portion of the Earth's higher atmosphere which has been known as the **ionosphere**. This means it would pinpoint where the solar radio bursts, or sudden event-type emissions of radio waves, erupt higher up in the Sun's corona. The data would be used by the SunRISE team to make elaborated maps of their positions in **3D**. **Justin Kasper**, the SunRISE principal investigator at the **[University of Michigan](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/44454/what-are-some-helpful-tips-for-students-starting-their-first-year-at-university-of-michigan)** in **Ann Arbor** has mentioned that '**these high-energy solar particles would jeopardise the unprotected astronauts and technology. By tracking the radio bursts related to these events, we would be better prepared and informed**.” The [observation](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/70595/annular-solar-eclipse-2019-a-personal-observation) from SunRISE was going to be used by [NASA](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1828/with-the-russian-alliance-continuation-nasa-has-planned-contingencies-for-space-station) in conjunction with the data from different [space missions](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/115289/how-does-spacex-plan-to-ensure-human-safety-during-crewed-space-missions-and-flights) and ground-based observatories. Also Read: [A Strange Crater like an Ear got spotted by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1856/a-strange-crater-like-an-ear-got-spotted-by-nasa-s-mars-reconnaissance-orbiter) --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1872/for-sunrise-mission-nasa-s-first-set-of-small-satellites-got-ready Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. 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