DocumentCode
1124678
Title
ATS-6 Energetic Particle Radiation Measurement at Synchronous Altitude
Author
Paulikas, G.A. ; Blake, J.B. ; Imamoto, S.S.
Author_Institution
Space Physics Laboratory, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, Calif. 90245
Issue
6
fYear
1975
Firstpage
1138
Lastpage
1144
Abstract
The Aerospace Corporation energetic electron-proton spectrometer operating on Applications Technology Satellite-6 (ATS-6) detects energetic electrons in four channels between 140 keV and greater than 32 MeV, and measures energetic protons in five energy channels between 2.3 and 80 MeV and energetic alpha particles in three channels between 9.4 and 94 MeV. After more than a year of operation in orbit, the experiment continues to return excellent data on the behavior of energetic magnetospheric electrons as well as information regarding the fluxes of solar protons and alpha particles.
Keywords
Detectors; Electrons; Energy measurement; Extraterrestrial measurements; Magnetosphere; Particle measurements; Plasma density; Plasma measurements; Plasma temperature; Protons;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9251
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAES.1975.308166
Filename
4101541
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