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

ESTEC, Eur. Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands

fYear

2001

fDate

10-14 Sept. 2001

Firstpage

37

Lastpage

43

Abstract

SOHO, the 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; radiation hardening (electronics); solar radiation; ESA solar observation satellite; Global Oscillation at Low Frequency instrument; SOHO satellite; SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory; Single Event Effects; Single Event Upsets; Solid State Recorder; cosmic rays; ground verification testing; payload module; protons; self switch-off power supply events; service module; solar particle events; Cosmic rays; Frequency; Payloads; Power supplies; Power system transients; Protons; Satellites; Single event transient; Single event upset; Solid state circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radiation and Its Effects on Components and Systems, 2001. 6th European Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7313-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADECS.2001.1159256

Filename

1159256