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Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE) is a small UV space telescope to study selected exoplanets.[1]

It was launched as a rideshare on the Atlas V that launched Landsat 9 on Sept 27 2021.[1] It should operate for at least 7 months and study 10 exoplanets.

CUTE can measure UV (255-330 nm) and do low resolution spectroscopy of atmospheric tracers (eg. Fe II, Mg II, Mg I, OH).[2]

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References

  1. ^ a b A Tiny, Inexpensive Satellite Will be Studying the Atmospheres of hot Jupiters 2021
  2. ^ Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE)
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