Title :
The radiation environment and effects for future ESA cosmic vision missions
Author :
Sorensen, Julian ; Santin, G.
Author_Institution :
ESTEC, ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Abstract :
This paper describes some of the radiation environments and their effects encountered by the Cosmic Vision missions, with emphasis on the design specifications and verification tools, including new shielding analysis techniques.
Keywords :
planetary atmospheres; radiation hardening (electronics); radiation protection; shielding; solar cosmic ray particles; space vehicle electronics; ESA cosmic vision mission; deep space vehicles; design specification; radiation environment; shielding analysis technique; verification tool; Belts; Data models; Jupiter; Predictive models; Protons; Sun; Environment; Radiation; Shielding; Space;
Conference_Titel :
Radiation and Its Effects on Components and Systems (RADECS), 2009 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bruges
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0492-5
Electronic_ISBN :
0379-6566
DOI :
10.1109/RADECS.2009.5994676
