Estimation of the possibility of the continuous detection of solar electromagnetic radiation by instrumentation on a low-flying satellite in a polar circular orbit
Abstract
In order to solve many problems associated with the continuous detection of solar electromagnetic radiation, it is necessary to know the time of 'seeing' of the sun by satellite-borne instruments. An analysis is presented of the solar illumination of a low-flying satellite and the instrumentation aboard it. The angle between the axis of the instrument and the axis of the satellite is chosen; the time of seeing of the sun by the working angle of the instrument is determined; and the number of satellites needed for the continuous observation of the sun is estimated.
- Publication:
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Problems of Atmospheric Physics and the Physics of Space Radiation
- Pub Date:
- 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981papp.rept...84K
- Keywords:
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- Circular Orbits;
- Electromagnetic Radiation;
- Polar Orbits;
- Radiation Detectors;
- Satellite-Borne Instruments;
- Solar Radiation;
- Continuity;
- Estimates;
- Illuminating;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation