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.
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...
