PADRE


The solar PolArization and Directivity X-Ray Experiment

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).

For more, see the PADRE website.

 

Logo for the PADRE project, 6 sided image in blue on each edge includes the acronym of the partners included, image inside is a drawing of the sun in the upper right, earth lower left with a satellite and stars.