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The BlackCAT Gallery

The Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope (BlackCAT) CubeSat mission patch, featuring an artistic image of a galaxy with a coded-aperture mask pattern overlaid.
The Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope (BlackCAT) CubeSat mission patch, featuring an artistic image of a galaxy with a coded-aperture mask pattern overlaid. ©2025 BlackCAT Mission Team. Courtesy of the High-Energy Astrophysical Detector & Instrumentation (HEADI) Lab at the Pennsylvania State University in collaboration with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and NanoAvionics. Provided to HEASARC with permission. No endorsement implied.
The undeployed Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope (BlackCAT) CubeSat undergoes thermal-vacuum (TVAC) and vibrational testing at E-Labs, Inc. to validate its design for space operations.
The undeployed Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope (BlackCAT) CubeSat undergoes thermal-vacuum (TVAC) and vibrational testing at E-Labs, Inc. to validate its design for space operations. Credit: Photo courtesy of Lukas Stone, High-Energy Astrophysical Detector & Instrumentation (HEADI) Lab, The Pennsylvania State University in collaboration with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and NanoAvionics. Provided to HEASARC with permission. No endorsement implied.
The official Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope (BlackCAT) CubeSat mission logo.
The official Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope (BlackCAT) CubeSat mission logo. Credit: ©BlackCAT Mission Team. Courtesy of the High-Energy Astrophysical Detector & Instrumentation (HEADI) Lab at the Pennsylvania State University in collaboration with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and NanoAvionics. Provided to HEASARC with permission. No endorsement implied.
A 3D render of the fully deployed Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope (BlackCAT) CubeSat satellite, showing an angled view of the payload near the coded mask aperture with the background removed.
A 3D render of the fully deployed Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope (BlackCAT) CubeSat satellite, showing an angled view of the payload near the coded mask aperture with the background removed. Credit: ©2025 BlackCAT Mission Team. Courtesy of the High-Energy Astrophysical Detector & Instrumentation (HEADI) Lab at the Pennsylvania State University in collaboration with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and NanoAvionics. Provided to HEASARC with permission. No endorsement implied.