BlackCAT

NASA-funded small satellite space telescope
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BlackCAT

Summary

BlackCAT is a space telescope[1]. BlackCAT draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (space_telescope category, ranking #54 of 124).[2]

Key Facts

  • BlackCAT's field of work was black hole[3].
  • BlackCAT is in the country of United States[4].
  • BlackCAT's instance of is recorded as space telescope[5].
  • BlackCAT's instance of is recorded as CubeSat[6].
  • BlackCAT's operator is recorded as Pennsylvania State University[7].
  • black hole is named after BlackCAT[8].
  • coded aperture is named after BlackCAT[9].
  • BlackCAT's manufacturer is recorded as Pennsylvania State University[10].
  • BlackCAT's manufacturer is recorded as Kongsberg NanoAvionics[11].
  • BlackCAT's manufacturer is recorded as Luxel[12].
  • BlackCAT's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2026-004R[13].
  • BlackCAT's space launch vehicle is recorded as Falcon 9 Block 5[14].
  • BlackCAT's SCN is recorded as 67378[15].
  • BlackCAT's country of origin is recorded as United States[16].
  • BlackCAT's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array[17].
  • BlackCAT's type of orbit is recorded as Sun-synchronous orbit[18].
  • BlackCAT's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2026-01-11T00:00:00Z[19].
  • BlackCAT's significant event is recorded as research proposal[20].
  • BlackCAT's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[21].
  • BlackCAT's significant event is recorded as project selection[22].
  • BlackCAT's carries scientific instrument is recorded as X-ray telescope[23].
  • BlackCAT's start point is recorded as Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 4 East[24].
  • BlackCAT's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope'}[25].
  • BlackCAT's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'BlackCAT'}[26].
  • BlackCAT's different from is recorded as Blackcat[27].

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Career and Affiliations

BlackCAT's field of work was black hole[3].

Why It Matters

BlackCAT draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (space_telescope category, ranking #54 of 124).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . skyandtelescope.org. skyandtelescope.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . psu.edu. psu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . science.nasa.gov. science.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . science.nasa.gov. science.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Expected Gamma-Ray Burst Detection Rates and Redshift Distributions for the BlackCAT CubeSat Mission. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Expected Gamma-Ray Burst Detection Rates and Redshift Distributions for the BlackCAT CubeSat Mission. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . universetoday.com. universetoday.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . psu.edu. psu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . BlackCAT: an upcoming soft x-ray coded aperture telescope on a 6U CubeSat. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . psu.edu. psu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . psu.edu. psu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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