Evaluation of Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Navigation Performance with the INR Performance Assessment Toolset (IPATS)

The GOES-R flight project has developed the Image Navigation and Registration (INR) Performance Assessment Tool Set (IPATS) to perform independent INR evaluations of the optical instruments on the GOES-R series spacecraft. In this presentation, we document the development of navigation (NAV) evaluation capabilities within IPATS for the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM). We also discuss the post-processing quality filtering developed for GLM NAV, and present example results for several GLM background image datasets. Initial results suggest that GOES-16 GLM is compliant with navigation requirements

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

The Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer (MinXSS) 3U CubeSat is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) on ORB-4 in November 2015. MinXSS was designed and developed as part of the Aerospace Engineering Sciences (AES) graduate projects course at the University of Colorado in Boulder (CU) with significant facilities and professional support from the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP). Some of the spacecraft design is heritage from the highly successful Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment (CSSWE) CubeSat, which was the result of the same AES/LASP collaboration. The project course was initially supported by AES and NSF, and MinXSS flight has been funded as a science mission by the NASA Heliophysics Division. This paper will provide an overview of the MinXSS science of observing the highly energetic solar soft X-ray (SXR) radiation, the educational program of involving students in design, building, and testing a CubeSat, and some lessons learned