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LUCID

LUCID is a cosmic ray detector built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd and designed at Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, in Canterbury, England. Its main purpose is to monitor cosmic rays using technology developed by CERN, and will help predict the occurrence of solar flares which disrupt artificial satellites. LUCID was launched on 8 July 2014 at Baikonur, Kazakhstan as an instrument of the satellite TechDemoSat-1, which was carried into space by a Soyuz-2 rocket.

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LUCID
Mission typeCosmic ray detection
OperatorSimon Langton Grammar School for Boys
WebsiteThe Langton Star Centre
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ManufacturerSurrey Satellite Technology Ltd

LUCID (Langton Ultimate Cosmic ray Intensity Detector) is a cosmic ray detector built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd and designed at Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, in Canterbury, England.1 Its main purpose is to monitor cosmic rays using technology developed by CERN, and will help predict the occurrence of solar flares (proton storms) which disrupt artificial satellites.23 LUCID was launched on 8 July 2014 at Baikonur, Kazakhstan as an instrument of the satellite TechDemoSat-1, which was carried into space by a Soyuz-2 rocket.4

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  1. "The Langton Star Centre".
  2. Hatfield, P.; Furnell, W.; Shenoy, A.; Fox, E.; Parker, R.; Thomas, L. (2018-10-29). "The LUCID-Timepix spacecraft payload and the CERN@school educational programme". Journal of Instrumentation. 13 (10) C10004. Bibcode:2018JInst..13C0004H. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/13/10/C10004. ISSN 1748-0221.
  3. Furnell, Will; Shenoy, Abhishek; Fox, Elliot; Hatfield, Peter (2018-10-30). "First results from the LUCID-Timepix spacecraft payload onboard the TechDemoSat-1 satellite in Low Earth Orbit". Advances in Space Research. 63 (5): 1523–1540. arXiv:1810.12876. doi:10.1016/j.asr.2018.10.045.
  4. SSTL press release http://www.sstl.co.uk/getattachment/News-and-Events/2014-News-Archive/SSTL-announces-the-successful-launch-of-UK-in-orbi/PR-TechDemoSat-1-successful-launch-v2.pdf?ext=.pdf
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