GRB 230305A: Detection by GRBAlpha

The long-duration GRB 230305A (Fermi/GBM detection: trigger no. 699716434; Konus/WIND detection at 2023-03-05 13:40:30.093; INTEGRAL/SPI-ACS detection at 2023-03-05 13:40:30) was observed by the GRBAlpha 1U CubeSat (Pal et al. Proc. SPIE 2020). The detection was confirmed at the peak time 2023-03-05 13:40:31 UTC. The T90 duration measured by GRBAlpha is 11 s and the overall significance during T90 reaches 8.3 sigma. This event is consistent with being a long GRB. The light curve obtained by GRBAlpha is available here: https://grbalpha.konkoly.hu/static/share/GRB230305A_GCN.pdf All GRBAlpha detections are listed at: https://monoceros.physics.muni.cz/hea/GRBAlpha/ GRBAlpha, launched on 2021 March 22, is a demonstration mission for a future CubeSat constellation (Werner et al. Proc. SPIE 2018). The detector of GRBAlpha consists of a 75 x 75 x 5 mm3 CsI scintillator read out by a SiPM array, covering the energy range from ~50 keV to ~1000 keV. To increase the duty cycle and the downlink rate, the upgrade of the on-board data acquisition software stack is in progress. The ground segment is also supported by the radio amateur community and it takes advantage of the SatNOGS network for increased data downlink volume.