@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",
}