CORPUSCULAR RADIATION ENVIRONMENT OF A LOW-ALTITUDE, POLAR-ORBITING EARTH SATELLITE-A BRIEF SUMMARY.

Abstract

The report summarizes the most recent determinations of particulate fluxes, flux rates, and energies for geomagnetically trapped radiation, galactic cosmic rays, and solar cosmic rays encountered by low-altitude, polar orbiting satellites. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0640323

Entities

People

  • Don F. Smart
  • R. C. Filz
  • V. G. Smalley

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Corpuscular Radiation
  • Cosmic Rays
  • Galactic Cosmic Rays
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Low Altitude
  • Radiation
  • Solar Cosmic Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris