The solar PolArization and Directivity X-Ray Experiment (PADRE) is NASA cubesat mission to study and dicepher the secrets of the Sun. The mission is a collaboration between the Space Sciences Laboratory – University of California Berkeley (SSL/UCB), Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), SouthWest Research Institute (SWRI), University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), the Saclay Nuclear Research Centre of the Commissariat à l’énergie atomique (CEA-Saclay).

Location

Low-Earth Orbit

Type

Engineering, Research

Schedule

2025-Present

Partners

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW), South West Reasearch Institute (SwRI), CEA Tech

PI

Juan Carlos Martínez Oliveros

Team

Säm Krucker, Pascal Saint-Hilaire, Milo Buitrago-Casas, Savannah Perez-Piel, Samer Al Nussirat, Chris Moeckel, Chris Smith, Sasha Courtade, Misty Willer, Ace Stratton