Letizia Casara, University of Rome La Sapienza
The Sun cubE onE (SEE) is a 12U CubeSat mission in LEO that will investigate Gamma and X-ray fluxes and UV solar emission to support studies in Sun-Earth interaction and Space Weather. The mission is developed in the frame of the ALCOR program of the Italian Space Agency by a team composed of Tor Vergata University of Rome, Argotec, INFN, School of Aerospace Engineering, OPTEC, and NEXT.
SEE’s main objective is to monitor the emission of solar flares, from soft-X to Gamma rays, and the solar activity through images of the Sun in the Fraunhofer Mg II doublet (280 nm). The Gamma and X-ray fluxes will be studied with unprecedented temporal resolution and with a multi-wavelength approach thanks to the combined use of silicon photodiode and SiPM-based detectors. The flare spectrum will be explored from the keV to the MeV range of energies by the same payload, and with a cadence greater than 10 kHz, to unveil the sources of the solar flares. The UV telescope will allow us to observe the evolution of UV emission on the solar disk both during part of the solar cycle and during flares.