The radiation belts in the Earth’s magnetosphere pose a hazard to satellite systems and spacecraft missions (both manned and unmanned), heavily affecting payload design and re-sources, thus resulting in an impact on the overall mission performance and final costs. The NASA AE9/AP9/SPM radiation models for energetic electrons, protons, and plasma provide useful information on the near-Earth environment, but they are still incomplete as to some features and, for some energy ranges, their predictions are not based on a statistically sufficient sample of direct measure-ments. Therefore, it is of the upmost importance to provide new data and direct measurements to improve their output. In this work, the AP9 model is applied to the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite (CSES-01) orbit to estimate the flux of energetic protons over the South Atlantic Anomaly during a short testing period of one day, 1 January 2021. Moreover, a preliminary comparison with proton data obtained from the High-Energy Particle Detector (HEPD) on board CSES-01 is carried out. This estimation will serve as the starting ground for a forthcoming complete data analysis, enabling extensive testing and validation of current theoretical and empirical models.
Titolo: | Trapped proton fluxes estimation inside the south atlantic anomaly using the nasa ae9/ap9/spm radiation models along the china seismo-electromagnetic satellite orbit | |
Autore/i: | Martucci M.; Sparvoli R.; Bartocci S.; Battiston R.; Burger W. J.; Campana D.; Carfora L.; Castellini G.; Conti L.; Contin A.; De Donato C.; De Santis C.; Follega F. M.; Iuppa R.; Lazzizzera I.; Marcelli N.; Masciantonio G.; Merge M.; Oliva A.; Osteria G.; Palma F.; Palmonari F.; Panico B.; Parmentier A.; Perfetto F.; Picozza P.; Piersanti M.; Pozzato M.; Ricci E.; Ricci M.; Ricciarini S. B.; Sahnoun Z.; Scotti V.; Sotgiu A.; Vitale V.; Zoffoli S.; Zuccon P. | |
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Anno: | 2021 | |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11083465 | |
Abstract: | The radiation belts in the Earth’s magnetosphere pose a hazard to satellite systems and spacecraft missions (both manned and unmanned), heavily affecting payload design and re-sources, thus resulting in an impact on the overall mission performance and final costs. The NASA AE9/AP9/SPM radiation models for energetic electrons, protons, and plasma provide useful information on the near-Earth environment, but they are still incomplete as to some features and, for some energy ranges, their predictions are not based on a statistically sufficient sample of direct measure-ments. Therefore, it is of the upmost importance to provide new data and direct measurements to improve their output. In this work, the AP9 model is applied to the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite (CSES-01) orbit to estimate the flux of energetic protons over the South Atlantic Anomaly during a short testing period of one day, 1 January 2021. Moreover, a preliminary comparison with proton data obtained from the High-Energy Particle Detector (HEPD) on board CSES-01 is carried out. This estimation will serve as the starting ground for a forthcoming complete data analysis, enabling extensive testing and validation of current theoretical and empirical models. | |
Data stato definitivo: | 2022-02-27T12:09:13Z | |
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