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Small Particle Recognition Kit for Low Energies

Overview
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SPaRKLE, a versatile Payload of the ESA Academy Esperiments programme, will study various space-related phenomena such as:

  • Gamma-Ray Bursts
  • Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes
  • Charged particles and Space Weather transients

SPaRKLE will be carried into orbit insideĀ Space Rider, an uncrewed high-tech robotic space laboratory that will stay in a low orbit for approximately two months.

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