Space Radiation Cover Glass Experiment, Part I: Calculations

Abstract

As commercial satellite launches become more common and the number of trajectories available for achieving a given orbit increases, the need will also increase for a way to model the radiation exposure for such missions. By using the concepts of ionizing energy loss and the ionization damage dose, we modeled the radiation exposure of five different electric orbit raising trajectories for satellites whose ultimate mission is 15-years in geosynchronous orbit. We report on the modeling process here.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 02, 2022
Accession Number
AD1184233

Entities

People

  • Bradley D. Weaver

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alpha Particles
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Band Structures
  • Charged Particles
  • Color Centers
  • Earth Orbits
  • Electric Propulsion
  • Electrons
  • Elements
  • Energy
  • Energy Bands
  • Engineering
  • Geosynchronous Orbits
  • Ground Based
  • Ionization
  • Low Earth Orbits
  • Materials
  • Orbits
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Effects
  • Reverse Engineering
  • Solar Cells
  • Spacecraft
  • Spectra
  • Trajectories

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris
  • Space - Satellites