@inproceedings{c8189826139a4771853c6cc828037ea6,
title = "Current Status of the BlackCAT CubeSat",
abstract = "BlackCAT is a NASA CubeSat mission planned to be launch-ready in early 2025. Using a wide-field telescope, this 6U CubeSat will monitor the soft X-ray sky, searching for high-redshift gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), gravitational-wave counterparts, and other transient events. After detecting burst events, BlackCAT will be capable of transmitting rapid alerts to enable prompt follow-up observations. The instrument is composed of a coded-aperture telescope using an array of event-driven X-ray hybrid CMOS detectors (HCDs) in its focal plane. In this paper, we provide a brief update on the design and status of the mission.",
author = "Colosimo, {Joseph M.} and Falcone, {Abraham D.} and Mitchell Wages and Michael Betts and Bevidas, {William A.} and Buffington, {Jacob C.} and Burrows, {David N.} and Catlin, {Zachary E.} and Timothy Emeigh and Fox, {Derek B.} and Grzybowski, {Hannah M.} and Frederic Hancock and Jennerjahn, {Evan C.} and Jordan Josties and Palmer, {David M.} and Reichard, {Collin S.} and Scigliani, {Ana C.} and Stone, {Lukas R.} and Ian Thornton and Daniel Washington and Zugger, {Michael E.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 SPIE.; UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXIII 2023 ; Conference date: 20-08-2023 Through 22-08-2023",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.1117/12.2669308",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Siegmund, {Oswald H.} and Keri Hoadley",
booktitle = "UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXIII",
address = "United States",
}