SERESSA International School 12-16 Nov. 2018

Session

Space and atmospheric environments

12 Nov 2018, 09:30

Newton 1-2 (ESA/ESTEC)

5. Space Environments

Mr Hugh Evans (ESA/TEC-EPS)

12/11/2018, 09:30

Space environments

This talk presents the various radiation environments encountered by any spacecraft wandering in space, from LEO to interplanetary. For each of these environments, the potentially harmful phenomena - mainly trapped radiation, galactic cosmic rays and solar particle events - are presented as well as their degrading effects on spacecraft electronic systems.

6. Atmospheric radiation

Prof. Frédéric WROBEL (University Montpellier 2 - IES)

16/11/2018, 09:30

Space environments

40. Development of the MIRAM radiation monitor

Michael Holik (IEAP CTU in Prague; FEE UWB in Pilsen)

Space environments

Poster

Concept, purpose and functionality of the highly miniaturized radiation monitor (MIRAM) will be presented. The monitor is a specialized device with purpose of radiation field monitoring-characterization and online composition recognition with purpose to be deployed and operated on the earth orbit satellites. The device is currently being developed for ESA-ESTEC institution. Design has to meet...