ATS-6 - Energetic particle radiation measurement at synchronous altitude
Abstract
The energetic electron-proton spectrometer operating on Applications Technology Satellite-6 (ATS-6) detects energetic electrons in four channels between 140 keV and greater than 3.9 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.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Aerospace Electronic Systems
- Pub Date:
- November 1975
- DOI:
- 10.1109/TAES.1975.308166
- Bibcode:
- 1975ITAES..11.1138P
- Keywords:
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- Ats 6;
- Radiation Measurement;
- Satellite-Borne Instruments;
- Spectrometers;
- Stationary Orbits;
- Alpha Particles;
- Earth Magnetosphere;
- High Energy Electrons;
- Solar Protons;
- Synchronous Satellites;
- Space Radiation