Feasibility Study for a Compact Environmental Anomaly Sensor (CEASE)

Abstract

The local environmental conditions that a spacecraft operates within may induce occasional anomalous behavior that can impact reliability and performance. The Compact Environmental Anomaly Sensor (CEASE) is an instrument being developed to detect local environmental perturbations and provide the host spacecraft with various anomaly alerts along with confidence factors that allow the host spacecraft to conduct its operations in a manner to minimize these anomalous responses or to flag data as suspect due to local conditions. This report covers the first year of a feasibility study of this instrument.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 14, 1991
Accession Number
ADA252843

Entities

People

  • Alan C. Huber
  • Douglas Potter
  • Hugh Anderson
  • John A. Pantazis
  • John O. Mcgarity

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Application-Specific Integrated Circuits
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Charged Particles
  • Computer Programming
  • Cosmic Rays
  • Databases
  • Detectors
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Measurement
  • Nuclear Reactions
  • Optical Properties
  • Radiation
  • Space Environments
  • Spacecraft

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites