NASA 已选定 SpaceX 为其 StarBurst 任务提供发射服务。StarBurst 是一颗小型卫星,旨在研究中子星并合及短伽马射线暴的起源。该卫星将搭乘 Falcon 9 火箭执行 Bandwagon 拼车任务,从佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角太空军基地的第 40 号航天发射场发射 […]
NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency’s StarBurst mission, a small satellite designed to investigate neutron star mergers and the origins of short gamma-ray bursts. StarBurst will launch aboard a Bandwagon rideshare mission on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida […]
NASA 已选定 SpaceX 为其 StarBurst 任务提供发射服务。StarBurst 是一颗小型卫星,旨在研究中子星并合及短伽马射线暴的起源。该任务设计用于观测未被地球遮挡的全部天空区域,以搜寻被称为伽马射线暴的短暂而强烈的爆炸现象。卫星将专注于探测短伽马射线暴产生的初始高能辐射,这类爆发发生在被称为中子星的致密恒星残骸发生并合时。StarBurst 是 NASA“天体物理先驱计划”(Astrophysics Pioneers Program)的一部分,该计划支持利用小型航天器及其他平台开展低成本科学调查。位于佛罗里达州肯尼迪航天中心的 NASA 发射服务计划办公室负责管理 VADR 合同。 Joshua Finch / Jimi Russell 总部,华盛顿特区 202-358-1100 [email protected] / [email protected]
NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency’s StarBurst mission, a small satellite designed to investigate neutron star mergers and the origins of short gamma-ray bursts. The StarBurst mission is designed to observe the entire portion of the sky not blocked by Earth to search for brief, powerful explosions called gamma-ray bursts. The satellite will focus on detecting the initial high-energy emission from short gamma-ray bursts, which occur when dense stellar remnants called neutron stars merge. StarBurst is part of NASA’s Astrophysics Pioneers Program, which supports lower-cost investigations using small spacecraft and other platforms. NASA’s Launch Services Program Office, based at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, manages the VADR contract. Joshua Finch / Jimi RussellHeadquarters, [email protected] / [email protected]