CRRESRAD Documentation

Abstract

This technical report documents the software package CRRESRAD developed by the Phillips Laboratory. CRRESRAD is a utility that predicts satellite dose accumulation behind different thicknesses of aluminum hemispheres for specified orbits. Dose accumulation is predicted by using empirical dose rate models created using data measured on the Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite (CRRES) which flew in a geosynchronous transfer orbit for 14 months during solar maximum. The dose models give dose rates for quiet, average, and active conditions during solar maximum which can be used to give best and worst case dose rates. CRRESRAD is best applied to orbits with inclinations less than 30 deg. It is useful for higher inclination orbits if the user is primarily interested in dose caused by protons or dose accumulated behind thick shielding (> 200 mils aluminum).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 06, 1992
Accession Number
ADA256673

Entities

People

  • Kevin J. Kerns
  • M. S. Gussenhoven

Organizations

  • Phillips Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Aluminum
  • Apogees
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Dose Rate
  • Electrons
  • Elements
  • Elliptical Orbits
  • Latitude
  • Orbital Elements
  • Orbits
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Effects
  • Space Systems
  • Transfer Orbits

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris