Energetic charged-particle environment can be monitored and spectroscopically analyzed with newly developed copper-halide thin-film scintillators. These films are synthesized of perovskite materials that exhibit strong blue luminescence even in polycrystalline form. This provides facile and low-budget production technology, structural flexibility and stability, as well as high tolerance to...
The miniaturized MiniPIX-Timepix3 Space radiation monitor is deployed in open space in LEO orbit onboard the OneWeb JoeySat (launched May 2023, initially at 600 km, currently at 1200 km polar orbit) to monitor and characterize the complex radiation field in the satellite environment. The pixel detector is implemented in miniaturized electronics MiniPix-Timepix3 Space (Advacam) of size 95 mm ×...
The presentation will demonstrate the development of a small universal HardPix radiation detector based on the Timepix3 pixel detectors in IEAP CTU launched into space in 2023 and 2025. Requirements analysis, modular architecture design for a wide range of applications and space missions. Component selection with respect to extreme environment durability, size, power consumption, price and...
A short review of how SES has operated small environment sensors on our satellite fleet, followed by aspirations for flying additional sensors in the future - and some comments regarding the difficulties in doing this for a commercial operator. Finally, as a little light relief - some examples of how 'inadvertent sensors' - such as attitude control sensors and flight computer EDAC - can be...
Multilayer or Z-graded radiation shielding has been proposed to reduce the weight of satellite radiation shielding in comparison to conventional aluminium shielding. Especially for CubeSats, which are mass and volume-constrained and rely on non-radiation hard commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components, multilayer shielding could enable longer mission durations and missions to higher orbits....
