Title :
Acknowledgement of the natural radiation environment upon the ARIANE 5 launcher
Author :
Calvet, M.C. ; Mazon, R. ; Simon, Ph ; Galindo, D. ; Poivey, C. ; Garnier, P. ; Bourrieau, J. ; Cadot, B. ; Ecoffet, R.
Author_Institution :
Aerospatiale, France
Abstract :
Until now, the effects of the space environment on the electronics of European launchers had never been taken into account. The situation has changed entirely with the ARIANE 5 launcher, whose trajectory may go up to 3000 km. This presentation explains the procedure we used to guarantee that the launcher works faultlessly in the space environment
Keywords :
ion beam effects; proton effects; space vehicle electronics; ARIANE 5 launcher; European launcher electronics; SPACERAD computation; heavy ion effects; launcher components; natural radiation environment; proton effects; space environment effects; upset rates; Belts; Earth; Magnetic fields; Monitoring; Plasmas; Protons; Satellites; Semiconductor device manufacture; Space technology; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Radiation and its Effects on Components and Systems, 1995. RADECS 95., Third European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Arcachon
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3093-5
DOI :
10.1109/RADECS.1995.509773
