Space Radiation and Plasma Monitoring Workshop 2014

Session

Plasma and Radiation Monitors Developments 1

14 May 2014, 09:00

Newton (European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC))

28. AMBER: A 0-30kev Plasma Monitor for Spacecraft charging evaluation

Mr Denis Payan (CNES)

14/05/2014, 09:00

Electrostatic discharges (ESD) are a major risk of failures in orbit. From temporary outage to power loss with secondary arcing, the panel of possible degradation is very wide. The tribute already paid by the agencies, insurance or operator is very high and expressed in millions euros. Coming from the sun, particles hit all the spacecraft on every orbit, building up very negative absolute...

8. The hot plasma environment monitor (HOPE-M) for telecoms satellites

Mr Dhiren Kataria (University College London)

14/05/2014, 09:20

Presentation

Space weather effects play an important role in geostationary orbit as the orbit falls within the magnetosphere bordering the outer radiation belts and the environment is strongly affected by changes originating on the Sun and associated geomagnetic activity. This is an important application orbit with a large number of telecoms satellites and monitoring the local space environment is...

29. The Next Generation Radiation Monitor (NGRM)

Mr Reto Muff (RUAG Space)

14/05/2014, 09:45

Presentation

Precise monitoring of the highly dynamic space radiation environment around Earth is crucial for spacecraft safety, as well as support of radiation belt and solar particle flux models. The ESA sponsored SREM is measuring the Earth's radiation belts, solar particle flux and cosmic ray background since more than one decade onboard six different spacecrafts. Recently, the development of the...

6. Highly Miniaturised radiation Monitor

Ms SEV GUNES-LASNET (STFC)

14/05/2014, 10:10

Presentation

The availability of good quality housekeeping data on the ionizing radiation environment in and around spacecraft systems is recognised as highly desirable for the efficient design and operation of spacecraft. Yet the engineering and economic costs of integrating such sensors into flight systems are a serious barrier to their widespread adoption. The Highly Miniaturised Radiation Monitor has...

20. ASIC Development for Space Radiation Monitors at IDEAS

Philip Pahlsson (IDEAS)

14/05/2014, 10:35

IDEAS develops integrated circuits for radiation detection and imaging applications. The company is currently working in collaboration with ESA and other customers on various ASICs for space radiation monitors. The presentation will describe the ASIC development at IDEAS and summarize the specifications and validation results for ASICs suitable for space radiation monitors.