Title: The CubeSat Radiometer Radio Frequency Interference Technology (CubeRRT) Validation Mission: Instrument Pre-Launch Testing and Project Status
Presenting Author: Chris Ball
Organization: The Ohio State University
Co-Author(s): J. T. Johnson,C. C. Chen, A. O'Brien, G. E. Smith, C. McKelvey, M. Andrews, J. L. Garry, OSU Sidharth Misra, Rudi Bendig, Carl Felten, Shannon Brown, Robert Jarnot , NASA JPL Kevin Horgan, Matt Fritts, Jared F. Lucey, Carlos Duran-Aviles, Michael Solly,Jeffrey R. Piepmeier, NASA GSFC Doug Laczkowski, Matthew Pallas, Ervin Krauss, Blue Canyon Technologies

Abstract:
The CubeSat Radiometer Radio Frequency Interference Technology Validation (CubeRRT) mission is developing a 6U cubesat system to demonstrate radio frequency interference (RFI) detection and filtering technologies for future microwave radiometer remote sensing missions. CubeRRT will perform observations of Earth brightness temperatures from 6-40 GHz using a 1 GHz bandwidth tuned channel and will demonstrate on-board real-time RFI processing. The system expected launch date is mid-2018, with deployment expected from the International Space Station later in 2018 followed by a one year period of on-orbit operations. The presentation will review the current CubeRRT status and provide instrument performance results from pre-launch test activities with a particular focus on the radiometric and RFI filtering performance obtained. Plans for on-orbit operations will also be discussed with the goal of demonstrating the capability of performing realtime RFI filtering in ten bands commonly used for microwave radiometry in the range 6-40 GHz.