The latest small-satellite mission by NASA is CANVAS (Climatology of Anthropogenic and Pure VLF wave Exercise in Area), which investigates the Earth-space interplay of very-low-frequency (VLF) radio waves. On April 7, 2026, the 4U CubeSat was launched on a Minotaur IV on Vandenberg Area Power Base. CANVAS is a light-weight detector that measures lightning discharges and earth transmitters, tracing the quantity of vitality that flows by means of the ionosphere into the magnetosphere. The mission will improve the data of the near-Earth area climate.
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