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Tiny CREPT Instrument to Study the Radiation Belts

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The tiny CREPT instrument will augment the science of NASA's Van Allen Probes, formerly known as the Radiation Belt Storm Probes. This artist's rendering of the Van Allen Probes mission shows the path of its two spacecraft through the radiation belts that surround Earth, which are made visible in false color. Credit: NASA.
Originally Published by Space Daily - A smaller version of an instrument now flying on NASA's Van Allen Probes has won a coveted spot aboard an upcoming NASA-sponsored Cubesat mission - the perfect platform for this pint-size, solid-state telescope.

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