The CUSP CubeSat mission for space weather multi-physics analysis, design, and testing

@misc{lombardi2026cusp,
  title = {{The CUSP CubeSat mission for space weather multi-physics analysis, design, and testing}},
  author = {Giovanni Lombardi and Riccardo Di Spirito and Sergio Fabiani and Daniele Censi and Giovanni De Cesare and Ettore Del Monte and Riccardo Campana and Enrico Costa and Mauro Centrone and Nicolas De Angelis and Sergio Di Cosimo and Giuseppe Di Persio and Abhay Kumar and Pasqualino Loffredo and Gabriele Minervini and Fabio Muleri and Paolo Romano and Alda Rubini and Emanuele Scalise and Paolo Soffitta and Andrea Alimenti and Enrico Silva and Bruna Bertucci and Giovanni Ambrosi and Giovanni Cucinella and Vito Di Bari and Simone Di Filippo and Andrea Negri and Massimo Perelli and Dario Modenini and Andrea Curatolo and Nicolas Gagliardi and Daniele Pecorella and Alice Ponti and Paolo Tortora and Andrea Del Re and Davide Albanesi and Valerio Campamaggiore and Giulia De Iulis and Adam Ebrahim and Marco Schepis and Alessandro Zambardi and Ilaria Baffo and Pierluigi Fanelli and Costantino Zazza and Valerio Vagelli and Daniele Brienza and Immacolata Donnarumma and Matteo Mergè and Emanuele Zaccagnino and Alessandro Turchi},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = jul,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2607.29264},
  eprint = {2607.29264},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.29264},
  note = {CC BY-NC-SA 4.0},
}

TY  - UNPB
TI  - The CUSP CubeSat mission for space weather multi-physics analysis, design, and testing
AU  - Giovanni Lombardi
AU  - Riccardo Di Spirito
AU  - Sergio Fabiani
AU  - Daniele Censi
AU  - Giovanni De Cesare
AU  - Ettore Del Monte
AU  - Riccardo Campana
AU  - Enrico Costa
AU  - Mauro Centrone
AU  - Nicolas De Angelis
AU  - Sergio Di Cosimo
AU  - Giuseppe Di Persio
AU  - Abhay Kumar
AU  - Pasqualino Loffredo
AU  - Gabriele Minervini
AU  - Fabio Muleri
AU  - Paolo Romano
AU  - Alda Rubini
AU  - Emanuele Scalise
AU  - Paolo Soffitta
AU  - Andrea Alimenti
AU  - Enrico Silva
AU  - Bruna Bertucci
AU  - Giovanni Ambrosi
AU  - Giovanni Cucinella
AU  - Vito Di Bari
AU  - Simone Di Filippo
AU  - Andrea Negri
AU  - Massimo Perelli
AU  - Dario Modenini
AU  - Andrea Curatolo
AU  - Nicolas Gagliardi
AU  - Daniele Pecorella
AU  - Alice Ponti
AU  - Paolo Tortora
AU  - Andrea Del Re
AU  - Davide Albanesi
AU  - Valerio Campamaggiore
AU  - Giulia De Iulis
AU  - Adam Ebrahim
AU  - Marco Schepis
AU  - Alessandro Zambardi
AU  - Ilaria Baffo
AU  - Pierluigi Fanelli
AU  - Costantino Zazza
AU  - Valerio Vagelli
AU  - Daniele Brienza
AU  - Immacolata Donnarumma
AU  - Matteo Mergè
AU  - Emanuele Zaccagnino
AU  - Alessandro Turchi
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/07/31
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2607.29264
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.29264
AB  - The 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. We present the outcomes of the CUSP's Phase B study, which is ended on 2 July 2026. The design solutions adopted for the mission's most critical multi-physics design drivers will be discussed, these solutions have been formulated and applied to demonstrate compliance with system requirements at both the spacecraft and platform levels. Moreover, we will discuss the validation of the Payload model based on the environmental testing campaign (e.g., vibration) carried out on a demonstrator.
ER  -