CHIPSatとは 意味・読み方・使い方

CHIPSat (Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer satellite) was a microsatellite. It was launched on January 12, 2003 from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a Delta II with the larger ICESat, and had an intended mission duration of one year. CHIPSat was the first of NASA's University-Class Explorers (UNEX) mission. The primary science objective was to study the million-degree gas in the local interstellar medium. CHIPSat was designed to capture the first spectra of the faint, extreme ultraviolet glow that is expected to be emitted by the hot interstellar gas within about 300 light-years of the sun, a region often referred to as the Local Bubble.