SunRISE

The small satellites passed a crucible of tests, ending with a simulation of the intense vibrations of launch. When the six tiny spacecraft of NASA’s SunRISE (Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment) mission settle into their orbits high above Earth after launching later this year, they’ll function as one giant radio dish to track the rumbles of radio bursts coming from deep within the Sun’s atmosphere, or corona. Those bursts are generated by solar energetic particle events that could in extreme […]

NASA is targeting a summer 2026 launch for its SunRISE (Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment) mission. The heliophysics mission will launch as a rideshare aboard a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket, sponsored by the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command. The SunRISE mission will study solar radio bursts and map the Sun’s magnetic […]

The team for NASA’s SunRISE (Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment) is reviewing the mission’s launch date, with anticipated launch no earlier than September. The heliophysics mission is sharing a ride aboard a United Launch Alliance Vulcan-Centaur rocket carrying U.S. government payloads. The SunRISE mission consists of six toaster-size small satellites, or SmallSats, that will detect […]

NASA's SunRISE mission — short for the Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment — passed a mission review on Sept. 8, 2021, moving the mission into its next phase. "SunRISE will detect and study eruptions of radio waves from the Sun that often precede major solar events containing high energy particle radiation," said Justin Kasper, SunRISE …