ESTIMATE OF CORPUSCULAR RADIATION DOSE RATES FOR TYPICAL BLACK ARROW SATELLITES.

Abstract

Radiation dose rates for components positioned on the outer surface or within a Black Arrow type satellite have been estimated. Attention has been restricted to circular polar orbits in the altitude range 500 to 1900 km and to the 36000 km synchronous orbit. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0665957

Entities

People

  • C. J. Savage

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Corpuscular Radiation
  • Dose Rate
  • Orbits
  • Polar Orbits
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Effects

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris