Spacecraft Environments Interactive: Space Radiation and Its Effects on Electronic System

Spacecraft Environments Interactive: Space Radiation and Its Effects on Electronic System
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Adm Nasa
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2018-09-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781723757570

The natural space environment is characterized by complex and subtle phenomena hostile to spacecraft. Effects of these phenomena impact spacecraft design, development, and operation. Space systems become increasingly susceptible to the space environment as use of composite materials and smaller, faster electronics increases. This trend makes an understanding of space radiation and its effects on electronic systems essential to accomplish overall mission objectives, especially in the current climate of smaller/better/cheaper faster. This primer outlines the radiation environments encountered in space, discusses regions and types of radiation, applies the information to effects that these environments have on electronic systems, addresses design guidelines and system reliability, and stresses the importance of early involvement of radiation specialists in mission planning, system design, and design review (part-by-part verification).Howard, J. W., Jr. and Hardage, D. M.Marshall Space Flight CenterAEROSPACE ENVIRONMENTS; AEROSPACE SYSTEMS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL RADIATION; SPACECRAFT ENVIRONMENTS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; RADIATION DAMAGE; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; DESIGN ANALYSIS

Testing at the Speed of Light

Testing at the Speed of Light
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 89
Release: 2018-06-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 030947082X

Spacecraft depend on electronic components that must perform reliably over missions measured in years and decades. Space radiation is a primary source of degradation, reliability issues, and potentially failure for these electronic components. Although simulation and modeling are valuable for understanding the radiation risk to microelectronics, there is no substitute for testing, and an increased use of commercial-off-the- shelf parts in spacecraft may actually increase requirements for testing, as opposed to simulation and modeling. Testing at the Speed of Light evaluates the nation's current capabilities and future needs for testing the effects of space radiation on microelectronics to ensure mission success and makes recommendations on how to provide effective stewardship of the necessary radiation test infrastructure for the foreseeable future.

Study of the Space Radiation Environment in Geo

Study of the Space Radiation Environment in Geo
Author: Hasan Murtaza
Publisher:
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2015-11-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9783668072893

Examination Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject Physics - Electrodynamics, The University of Surrey, course: Electronic Engineering, language: English, abstract: The Space radiation environment in GEO has always been a severe challenge to the spacecraft industry. The Spacecraft Environment interaction has been the topic of deep investigation since 1970s to onwards. Very harsh space environment affects the spacecraft in various ways. The current project presents an overview of the characteristics of space radiation environment, its effects on spacecraft electronics and spacecraft operations. The elements of the space radiation environment such as Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCRs), Solar flare protons and trapped electron belt in GEO are explained comprehensively. The effects of hazardous space radiation environment on a GEO spacecraft including spacecraft charging, Total Ionizing Dose (TID), internal charging and Single Event Effects (SEE) are introduced with necessary details. The space radiation environment models currently available are critically analysed and explained in the light of the work of different space researchers. The limitations and risks involved with these models are briefly introduced. The spacecraft design mitigation techniques and design guidelines are presented to help the spacecraft community build the spacecraft capable of surviving in hazardous radiation environment. Then some case studies of GEO satellite anomalies are also briefly explained. The ESA based Space Environment Information System (SPENVIS) software package is utilized for analyzing the temporal, spatial and diurnal variations of radiation environment in geostationary orbit and the simulation results are compared with GOES data. A detailed space radiation environment analysis for a Pakistani geostationary communication satellite Paksat-1R has been undertaken including the trapped electron flux estimation, solar proton flux estimation, Solar cell degradation and cover glass require

Protection of Materials and Structures from Space Environment

Protection of Materials and Structures from Space Environment
Author: J. Kleiman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 553
Release: 2006-03-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1402025955

This publication presents the proceedings of ICPMSE-6, the sixth international conference on Protection of Materials and Structures from Space Environment, held in Toronto May 1-3, 2002. The ICPMSE series of meetings became an important part of the LEO space community since it was started in 1991. Since then, the meeting has grown steadily, attracting a large number of engineers, researchers, managers, and scientists from industrial companies, scientific institutions and government agencies in Canada, U. S. A. , Asia, and Europe, thus becoming a true international event. This year’s meeting is gaining even stronger importance with the resumption of the ISS and other space projects in LEO, GEO and Deep Space. To reflect on these activities, the topics in the program have been extended to include protection of materials in GEO and Deep Space. The combination of a broad selection of technical and scientific topics addressed by internationally known speakers with the charm of Toronto and the hospitality of the organizers brings participants back year after year. The conference was hosted and organized by Integrity Testing Laboratory Inc. (ITL), and held at the University of Toronto’s Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS). The meeting was sponsored by the Materials and Manufacturing Ontario (MMO) and the CRESTech, two Ontario Centres of Excellence; Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR/NL); MD Robotics; EMS Technologies; The Integrity Testing Laboratory (ITL); and the UTIAS.

Testing at the Speed of Light

Testing at the Speed of Light
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 89
Release: 2018-07-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 030947079X

Spacecraft depend on electronic components that must perform reliably over missions measured in years and decades. Space radiation is a primary source of degradation, reliability issues, and potentially failure for these electronic components. Although simulation and modeling are valuable for understanding the radiation risk to microelectronics, there is no substitute for testing, and an increased use of commercial-off-the- shelf parts in spacecraft may actually increase requirements for testing, as opposed to simulation and modeling. Testing at the Speed of Light evaluates the nation's current capabilities and future needs for testing the effects of space radiation on microelectronics to ensure mission success and makes recommendations on how to provide effective stewardship of the necessary radiation test infrastructure for the foreseeable future.

Spacecraft--environment Interactions

Spacecraft--environment Interactions
Author: Daniel Hastings
Publisher:
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1996
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780521471282

Introductory graduate textbook in spacecraft design and how space environment affects operations in space, for space scientists and engineers.

Effects of Radiation on the Electronic Components of a Satellite in Polar Low Earth Orbit

Effects of Radiation on the Electronic Components of a Satellite in Polar Low Earth Orbit
Author: Esther Bermejo Dalmau
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2012
Genre:
ISBN:

This project aims to analyze space radiation effects on the electronic components of WikiSat, the femto-satellite developed at EETAC. We present a further development of the project presented by Laia Molas Pous, in which radiation effects on electronic components at 28o inclination Low Energy Orbits (LEO) were considered. In this case we study a similar altitude range but focus on polar inclination orbits. This way we expose our model components to a much more hostile radiation space environment. The main tool we use is SPENVIS, the software developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) that allows the computation and analysis of space radiation characteristics and effects on biological and electronic components orbiting around the Earth. Using SPENVIs we define 80o LEO orbits at different altitudes and compute particle fluxes and fluencies, magnitudes that characterize space radiation due to trapped electron and protons, solar particle events and cosmic radiation. SPENVIS also allows us to model the components of the electronic device we intend to study and two different types of battery and the shielding properties of polyethylene and lead. Finally, we analyze the interaction between the radiation environment at the polar LEOs defined above and our model device and batteries. We present the values of total ionizing doses (TID), which characterize an important part of the expected damage on systems exposed to radiation. As expected, the obtained TID values, are above the threshold that would allow a reliable performance of the electronic devices considered. Nevertheless, we show quantitatively that the MEMS with one of the proposed batteries and with the shielding layers of lead or polyethylene accumulate TIDs only about one order of magnitude above the safety threshold of 1 mrad. This result supports the viability of a femto-satellite like WikiSat operating near polar orbits, provided a careful choice of electronic devices more resistant to radiation and the implementation of a basic radiation shield.

Radiation Effects on Integrated Circuits and Systems for Space Applications

Radiation Effects on Integrated Circuits and Systems for Space Applications
Author: Raoul Velazco
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2019-04-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030046605

This book provides readers with invaluable overviews and updates of the most important topics in the radiation-effects field, enabling them to face significant challenges in the quest for the insertion of ever-higher density and higher performance electronic components in satellite systems. Readers will benefit from the up-to-date coverage of the various primary (classical) sub-areas of radiation effects, including the space and terrestrial radiation environments, basic mechanisms of total ionizing dose, digital and analog single-event transients, basic mechanisms of single-event effects, system-level SEE analysis, device-level, circuit-level and system-level hardening approaches, and radiation hardness assurance. Additionally, this book includes in-depth discussions of several newer areas of investigation, and current challenges to the radiation effects community, such as radiation hardening by design, the use of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) components in space missions, CubeSats and SmallSats, the use of recent generation FPGA’s in space, and new approaches for radiation testing and validation. The authors provide essential background and fundamentals, in addition to information on the most recent advances and challenges in the sub-areas of radiation effects. Provides a concise introduction to the fundamentals of radiation effects, latest research results, and new test methods and procedures; Discusses the radiation effects and mitigation solutions for advanced integrated circuits and systems designed to operate in harsh radiation environments; Includes coverage of the impact of Small Satellites in the space industry.