The RAVAN CubeSat Mission: A Pathfinder for a New Measurement of Earth’s Radiation Budget

William H Swartz1, Steven R Lorentz2, Philip M. Huang1, Allan W Smith2, David Deglau3, Edward Reynolds4, John Carvo5, Stergios Papadakis3, Dong Liang Wu, PhD6, Warren J Wiscombe6 and Lars P Dyrud7, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (2)L-1 Standards and Technology, Inc., Manassas, VA, United States, (3)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Exploration, Laurel, MD, United States, (4)JHU/APL, Laurel, MD, United States, (5)Blue Canyon Technologies, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (7)OmniEarth, Arlington, VA, United States