PUNCH Microsatellites (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

PUNCH Microsatellites

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NASA has selected Southwest Research Institute to lead a microsatellite mission to image the Sun's outer corona. PUNCH proposes a constellation of four suitcase-sized satellites that will orbit the Earth, studying how the Sun's corona connects with the interplanetary medium, to better understand how coronal structures infuse the solar wind with mass and energy.

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