jsc2019e056549 (9/27/2019) --- Preflight overall view of SwampSat-II . SwampSat II measures very low frequency (VLF) wave propagation in Earth’s upper atmosphere using a novel antenna that has higher sensitivity than existing methods. The antenna system, developed by students at the University of Florida, launches in a 3-Unit CubeSat. Ground-based sources such as VLF transmitters and lightning injected VLF waves into the upper atmosphere, and measuring these waves is essential to understanding loss of energetic radiation belt particles. Image courtesy of: The SwampSat Team at University of Florida
Photographer Image courtesy of: The SwampSat