CosmoCube

A joint mission to study a previously inaccessible region of the Universe’s history.

Mission overview

CosmoCube’s mission will open a brand new window onto the universe, allowing us to study a previously inaccessible region of the Universe’s history. The probe will launch to and orbit the Moon, a feat that has not yet been achieved. 

Why go to the Moon?

Mission goals

Make observations of the early Universe. These will span a period before the first stars in the Universe formed called the Dark Ages, all the way through a period called Reionisation, by which point the modern Universe was taking shape.

Observations of this time period, from 380,000 years to 1 billion years after the Big Bang, will open up an enormous new volume of the Universe that can be studied, not currently accessible. CosmoCube will pioneer the technology to make these observations. 

Create an intensity map of emission from hydrogen in the early universe. 

Explore hints of new and exotic physics that may drive the growth of structure and evolution of our Universe. 

Mission facts

Planned orbital height of 100 km around the Moon

Expected 2 year mission length

Will seek to make a direct measurement of the cosmic Dark Ages

Lightweight design (cubesat or similar) 

What CosmoCube will see?

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