{"id":24912,"date":"2024-07-10T01:17:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T19:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=24912"},"modified":"2025-04-07T14:06:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T08:36:55","slug":"cubesat-radio-interferometry-experiment-curie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cubesat-radio-interferometry-experiment-curie\/","title":{"rendered":"CubeSat Radio Interferometry Experiment (CURIE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About CubeSat Radio Interferometry Experiment (CURIE):\u00a0<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It aims to <strong>investigate<\/strong> the <strong>enigmatic origins of radio waves<\/strong> emanating from <strong>the Sun,<\/strong> a phenomenon first observed decades ago.<\/li>\n<li>The mission employs an innovative technique called low frequency radio interferometry, marking its first use in space.\n<ul>\n<li>CURIE consists of <strong>two miniature spacecraft<\/strong>, collectively no larger than a shoebox, which will orbit Earth approximately two miles apart.<\/li>\n<li>This separation enables the instruments to detect minute differences in radio wave arrival times, pinpointing their exact solar origin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Working<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>This spacecraft will measure <strong>radio waves in the 0.1 to 19 megahertz range<\/strong>, frequencies blocked by Earth&#8217;s upper atmosphere, necessitating space-based observations.<\/li>\n<li>CURIE will orbit <strong>360 miles above Earth&#8217;s surface<\/strong> to obtain an unobstructed view of the Sun&#8217;s radio emissions.<\/li>\n<li>Once in orbit, the two CURIE spacecraft will separate, deploy their eight-foot antennas, and begin collecting data.<\/li>\n<li>This mission not only promises to advance our understanding of solar phenomena but also paves the way for <strong>future space-based radio astronomy endeavors<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It is sponsored by NASA\u2019s <strong>Heliophysics Flight Opportunities for Research and Technology<\/strong> (H-FORT) Program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1. What are the features of Radio waves?<\/h3>\n<p>They have the longest wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum, ranging from about 1 millimetre to 100 kilometres. Their frequencies are the lowest among electromagnetic waves, spanning from about 3 kHz to 300 GHz.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/science\/story\/nasas-curie-to-investigate-the-origin-of-suns-radio-waves-2564210-2024-07-09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nasa&#8217;s Curie to investigate the origin of Sun&#8217;s radio waves<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CubeSat Radio Interferometry Experiment (CURIE) aims to investigate the enigmatic origins of radio waves emanating from the Sun, a phenomenon first observed decades ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":24913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24912","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}