NASA CURIE Satellite Launching on First Ariane 6 Flight

Will Measure Radio Waves Coming From the Sun

CURIE, the CUbesat Radio Interferometry Experiment from NASA, is one of the payloads launching on Ariane 6’s first flight. CURIE will measure radio waves coming from the Sun and other radio sources in the sky. Such waves must be measured in space, as they are absorbed by Earth’s ionosphere – a region extending 30 to 600 miles above Earth’s surface compo…