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Over the past decade, the demand for effective space weather monitoring has grown considerably. Aboa Space Research Oy (ASRO) presents the Relativistic Electron and Proton Experiment (REPE), an advanced radiation monitoring instrument designed for a variety of missions and space weather applications.
REPE is a compact energetic particle instrument, originally developed to study the Van Allen belts. Its original development began with the nanosatellite mission Foresail-2, by University of Turku (UTU) and later transitioned into a collaboration with ASRO for future missions. REPE measures electrons in the energy range of 0.25 – 10 MeV and protons from 3 – 100+ MeV using a stack of three silicon detectors and a scintillator with photodiode readout. The design of the stack and collimator allows adaptability for the energy range and geometric factor, making REPE suitable for scientific as well as commercial missions in Low Earth Orbit, High Earth Orbits, and interplanetary space.
REPE serves as the primary payload for the Italian mission HEliospheric pioNeer for sOlar and interplanetary threats defeNce (HENON), a 12U CubeSat to the unexplored Distant Retrograde Orbit (DRO). The HENON mission aims to revolutionize space weather forecasting, deepen our understanding of plasma processes and demonstrate reliable CubeSat operations in deep space. In this poster we present the current status of REPE for HENON, as well as development activities for ASRO’s radiation monitor family and dosimeters for human spaceflight.
