Observation and analysis of single event effects on-board the SOHO satellite

Author

Harboe-Sorensen, R. ; Daly, E. ; Teston, F. ; Schweitzer, H. ; Nartallo, R. ; Perol, P. ; Vandenbussche, F. ; Dzitko, H. ; Cretolle, J.

Author_Institution

Eur. Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands

Volume

49

Issue

3

fYear

2002

fDate

6/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1345

Lastpage

1350

Abstract

SOHO, the European Space Agency (ESA) solar observation satellite, has experienced a large number of single event effects (SEEs) since its launch in December 1995. This paper details events believed to be induced by cosmic rays or protons. Self-switch-off power supply events in the service module and in the payload module will be detailed as well as single event upsets (SEUs) in the solid-state recorder (SSR) and in the global oscillation at low frequency (GOLF) instrument. Power system events are believed to originate from transient SEUs in linear components. SSR and GOLF SEUs are seen to respond to solar particle events. Relevant ground verification testing will be presented and upset predictions are compared with observations

Keywords

artificial satellites; cosmic ray interactions; integrated circuit testing; proton effects; solar radiation; space vehicle electronics; ESA solar observation satellite; SOHO satellite; cosmic rays; global oscillation at low frequency instrument; ground verification testing; payload module; protons; self-switch-off power supply events; service module; single event effects; solar heliospheric observatory; solar particle events; solid-state recorder; transient SEUs; upset predictions; Cosmic rays; Frequency; Payloads; Power supplies; Power system transients; Protons; Satellites; Single event transient; Single event upset; Solid state circuits;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2002.1039665

Filename

1039665