The multi-physics analysis, design and testing of CUSP, a CubeSat mission for space weather and solar flares x-ray polarimetry
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| author | Lombardi, Giovanni Fabiani, Sergio Del Monte, Ettore Alimenti, Andrea Campana, Riccardo Centrone, Mauro Costa, Enrico De Angelis, Nicolas De Cesare, Giovanni Di Cosimo, Sergio Di Persio, Giuseppe Kumar, Abhay Lacerenza, Alessandro Loffredo, Pasqualino Minervini, Gabriele Muleri, Fabio Romano, Paolo Rubini, Alda Scalise, Emanuele Silva, Enrico Soffitta, Paolo Albanesi, Davide Baffo, Ilaria Brienza, Daniele Campamaggiore, Valerio Cucinella, Giovanni Curatolo, Andrea de Iulis, Giulia Del Re, Andrea Di Bari, Vito Di Filippo, Simone Donnarumma, Immacolata Fanelli, Pierluigi Gagliardi, Nicolas Leonetti, Paolo Merge, Matteo Modenini, Dario Negri, Andrea Pecorella, Daniele Perelli, Massimo Ponti, Alice Sbop, Francesca Tortora, Paolo Turchi, Alessandro Vagelli, Valerio Zaccagnino, Emanuele Zambardi, Alessandro Zazza, Costantino |
| author_facet | Lombardi, Giovanni Fabiani, Sergio Del Monte, Ettore Alimenti, Andrea Campana, Riccardo Centrone, Mauro Costa, Enrico De Angelis, Nicolas De Cesare, Giovanni Di Cosimo, Sergio Di Persio, Giuseppe Kumar, Abhay Lacerenza, Alessandro Loffredo, Pasqualino Minervini, Gabriele Muleri, Fabio Romano, Paolo Rubini, Alda Scalise, Emanuele Silva, Enrico Soffitta, Paolo Albanesi, Davide Baffo, Ilaria Brienza, Daniele Campamaggiore, Valerio Cucinella, Giovanni Curatolo, Andrea de Iulis, Giulia Del Re, Andrea Di Bari, Vito Di Filippo, Simone Donnarumma, Immacolata Fanelli, Pierluigi Gagliardi, Nicolas Leonetti, Paolo Merge, Matteo Modenini, Dario Negri, Andrea Pecorella, Daniele Perelli, Massimo Ponti, Alice Sbop, Francesca Tortora, Paolo Turchi, Alessandro Vagelli, Valerio Zaccagnino, Emanuele Zambardi, Alessandro Zazza, Costantino |
| contents | The space-based CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP) mission aims to measure the linear polarization of solar flares in the hard X-ray band by means of a Compton scattering polarimeter. CUSP is a project in the framework of the Alcor Program of the Italian Space Agency aimed at developing new CubeSat missions. As part of CUSP's Phase B study, which began in December 2024 and will last one year, we present the current development status of the design solutions adopted for the mission's most critical multi-physics design drivers. These solutions have been formulated and applied to demonstrate compliance with system requirements at both the spacecraft and platform levels. In particular, we describe the mechanical design of each structural component, the results of static, dynamic finite element analyses, and a proposal for topological optimization of the interface between the platform and payload and some fixture for test, and the preliminary environmental testing campaign (e.g., vibration, shock) that will be carried out on a mechanical demonstrator. |
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| spellingShingle | The multi-physics analysis, design and testing of CUSP, a CubeSat mission for space weather and solar flares x-ray polarimetry Lombardi, Giovanni Fabiani, Sergio Del Monte, Ettore Alimenti, Andrea Campana, Riccardo Centrone, Mauro Costa, Enrico De Angelis, Nicolas De Cesare, Giovanni Di Cosimo, Sergio Di Persio, Giuseppe Kumar, Abhay Lacerenza, Alessandro Loffredo, Pasqualino Minervini, Gabriele Muleri, Fabio Romano, Paolo Rubini, Alda Scalise, Emanuele Silva, Enrico Soffitta, Paolo Albanesi, Davide Baffo, Ilaria Brienza, Daniele Campamaggiore, Valerio Cucinella, Giovanni Curatolo, Andrea de Iulis, Giulia Del Re, Andrea Di Bari, Vito Di Filippo, Simone Donnarumma, Immacolata Fanelli, Pierluigi Gagliardi, Nicolas Leonetti, Paolo Merge, Matteo Modenini, Dario Negri, Andrea Pecorella, Daniele Perelli, Massimo Ponti, Alice Sbop, Francesca Tortora, Paolo Turchi, Alessandro Vagelli, Valerio Zaccagnino, Emanuele Zambardi, Alessandro Zazza, Costantino Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Space Physics The space-based CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP) mission aims to measure the linear polarization of solar flares in the hard X-ray band by means of a Compton scattering polarimeter. CUSP is a project in the framework of the Alcor Program of the Italian Space Agency aimed at developing new CubeSat missions. As part of CUSP's Phase B study, which began in December 2024 and will last one year, we present the current development status of the design solutions adopted for the mission's most critical multi-physics design drivers. These solutions have been formulated and applied to demonstrate compliance with system requirements at both the spacecraft and platform levels. In particular, we describe the mechanical design of each structural component, the results of static, dynamic finite element analyses, and a proposal for topological optimization of the interface between the platform and payload and some fixture for test, and the preliminary environmental testing campaign (e.g., vibration, shock) that will be carried out on a mechanical demonstrator. |
| title | The multi-physics analysis, design and testing of CUSP, a CubeSat mission for space weather and solar flares x-ray polarimetry |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Space Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02594 |