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JOURNAL OF SPACE WEATHER AND SPACE CLIMATE
卷 7, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/swsc/2017005
关键词
International Space Station; Columbus; Space radiation; DOSTEL; DOSIS 3D
资金
- DLR [50WB0826, 50WB1026, 50WB1232, 50WB1533]
- Austrian Space Applications Programme (ASAP) [819643]
- National Science Center [DEC-2012/06/M/ST9/00423]
- ESA PECS [PECS4000108464]
- grant of Czech Science Foundation (GACR) [15-16622Y]
- European Space Agency (ESA)
The natural radiation environment in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) differs significantly in composition and energy from that found on Earth. The space radiation field consists of high energetic protons and heavier ions from Galactic Cosmic Radiation (GCR), as well as of protons and electrons trapped in the Earth's radiation belts (Van Allen belts). Protons and some heavier particles ejected in occasional Solar Particle Events (SPEs) might in addition contribute to the radiation exposure in LEO. All sources of radiation are modulated by the solar cycle. During solar maximum conditions SPEs occur more frequently with higher particle intensities. Since the radiation exposure in LEO exceeds exposure limits for radiation workers on Earth, the radiation exposure in space has been recognized as a main health concern for humans in space missions from the beginning of the space age on. Monitoring of the radiation environment is therefore an inevitable task in human spaceflight. Since mission profiles are always different and each spacecraft provides different shielding distributions, modifying the radiation environment measurements needs to be done for each mission. The experiments Dose Distribution within the ISS (DOSIS)'' (2009-2011) and Dose Distribution within the ISS 3D (DOSIS 3D)'' (2012-onwards) onboard the Columbus Laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS) use a detector suite consisting of two silicon detector telescopes (DOSimetry TELescope = DOSTEL) and passive radiation detector packages (PDP) and are designed for the determination of the temporal and spatial variation of the radiation environment. With the DOSTEL instruments' changes of the radiation composition and the related exposure levels in dependence of the solar cycle, the altitude of the ISS and the influence of attitude changes of the ISS during Space Shuttle dockings inside the Columbus Laboratory have been monitored. The absorbed doses measured at the end of May 2016 reached up to 286 mu Gy/day with dose equivalent values of 647 mu Sv/day.
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