• DocumentCode
    875170
  • Title

    Predicting Single Event Upsets in the Earth´s Proton Belts

  • Author

    Bendel, W.L. ; Petersen, E.L.

  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1984
  • Firstpage
    1201
  • Lastpage
    1206
  • Abstract
    Single event upsets, due to protons trapped in the earth´s radiation belt, pose a serious problem for spacecraft in low earth orbit. This paper surveys the upset rates to be expected and presents contour maps of upset rates as a function of inclination and altitude.
  • Keywords
    Belts; Earth; Equations; Laboratories; Orbital calculations; Orbits; Protons; Single event transient; Single event upset; Space vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1984.4333483
  • Filename
    4333483
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=875170