Author:
Bogomolov Andrey V.,Bogomolov Vitaliy V.,Iyudin Anatoly F.,Eremeev Valery E.,Kalegaev Vladimir V.,Myagkova Irina N.,Osedlo Vladislav I.,Petrov Vasiliy L.,Peretjat’ko Oleg Y.,Prokhorov Mikhail I.,Svertilov Sergey I.,Zaiko Yury K.,Yashin Ivan V.,Prokop’ev Vitaliy Y.,Styuf Aleksey S.,Krasnopeev Sergey V.,Papkov Aleksandr P.
Abstract
Moscow State University is developing a project for a multi-satellite constellation intended for the monitoring of space radiation. A number of small satellites of CubeSat format were launched into selected orbits crossing the wide range of magnetic drift shells. The primary scope for the project is the operational monitoring of near-Earth’s radiation environment, i.e., fluxes of electrons and protons of Earth’s radiation belts and energetic particles of solar and galactic origin. To date, there are four CubeSat satellites operating in near-Earth orbits, which deliver scientific and telemetric data. Thus, for the first time, a unique multi-satellite constellation has been implemented, which makes it possible to simultaneously measure the particle and quantum fluxes at different areas in the near-Earth space using the same type of instruments. A special compact detector of gamma quanta and energetic charged particles (electrons and protons) DeCoR has been developed to carry out radiation monitoring by CubeSats. With their help, observations of various effects of space weather have been made. These effects include a variety of electron fluxes in the outer belt during geomagnetic activity in late November–early December 2021, filling of polar caps by solar energetic particles accelerated in flares occurring in late October–early November, and the existence of stable electron fluxes near the geomagnetic equator.
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy
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4 articles.
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