Spacecraft anomalies on the CRRES satellite correlated with the environment and insulator samples

Author

Violet, M.D. ; Frederickson, A.R.

Author_Institution

USAF Phillips Lab., Hanscom AFB, MA, USA

Volume

40

Issue

6

fYear

1993

fDate

12/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1512

Lastpage

1520

Abstract

The CRRES (Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite) has been extensively surveyed for the occurrence of onboard anomalies. CRRES system and instrument responses which were not programmed or commanded are classified as anomalies. The history of anomalies is correlated with the history of plasmas, high-energy particles, and electromagnetic fields as measured on CRRES. The anomalies for each instrument on CRRES are compared with those from other instruments. As a group, the 674 anomalies correlate well with high levels of high-energy electron flux and poorly with every other environmental parameter

Keywords

aerospace instrumentation; artificial satellites; electron beam effects; spacecraft charging; CRRES satellite; Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite; charging; high-energy electron flux; instrument responses; insulator samples; onboard anomalies; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic measurements; Electrons; History; Instruments; Particle measurements; Plasma measurements; Radiation effects; Satellites; Space vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.273511

Filename

273511