Energetic particle monitoring in space: three-decades of experience at IEPSAS

Abstract

IEPSAS in Košice, Slovakia has a long track of experience with the design, construction, testing and operating of energetic particle detectors at low-altitude and high-apogee satellites as well as interplanetary probes during past 30 years. A review of experiments in space and a brief survey of selected results with references is presented. A simple programmable energetic particle detector MEP-1 developed for COMPASS microsatellite is described with more details. The device can be used for both scientific and application tasks at LEO. In addition to the scientific studies of near Earth environment, the experience obtained can be used in the future also for commercial satellites, where relatively simple, monitoring type of devices for measurement of radiation, especially due to the effects of space weather, are of relevance.

Cosmic Ray Investigation in the Stratosphere and Space: Results from Instruments on Russian Satellites and Balloons

“…These scientific tasks are out of scope of this paper. A short summary before 2003 can be found, for example, in [63], and a later review is in [64].…”

Energetic Electrons Precipitating at High Latitudes: PEEL Data from HotPay-2 Mission

“…Space Physics Department of IEP SAS in Ko ice, Slovakia, has a long track in design, construction, testing and running of measurements of energetic electrons and ions on various satellites (e.g. [12,13], newer instruments at http://space.saske.sk). The ionisation of the upper atmosphere, especially at high geomagnetic latitudes, is influenced by energetic electron precipitation.…”