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RadCube : The Space Weather Monitoring Satellite

Dr Andrea Stradi , environmental researcher on behalf of Mr Balazs Zabori, project manager. RadCube : The Space Weather Monitoring Satellite. MTA Centre for Energy Research C3S Electronics Development LLC. Technology dependence in the space age. Credit: ESA. Credit: Wikipedia.

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RadCube : The Space Weather Monitoring Satellite

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  1. Dr Andrea Stradi, environmentalresearcher onbehalf of Mr Balazs Zabori, project manager RadCube: The SpaceWeather Monitoring Satellite MTA Centre forEnergy Research C3S Electronics Development LLC

  2. Technologydependenceinthespaceage Credit: ESA Credit: Wikipedia • Spaceweatherinfluences • Satelliteservices • Groundinfrastructures • Mannedspaceflights • FutureLunar/Mars missions CROSS Network: SpaceWeatherForecast System

  3. Weneedspaceweather monitoring services! cost–effectivesolution: fleetof CubeSats Fleet of CubeSats and GroundStations Users Cosmicrayenvironmentinformationsystem Spaceweather/ radiationdamagerelateddatabase esa.int Spaceweather/ radiationdamageforecastservices energiaportal.mvmp.hu http://computerworld.hu http://www.postamuzeum.hu CROSS Network: SpaceWeatherForecast System

  4. Similarmissions • Mainlybigsciencesatellitemissions • No existingspaceweather monitoring network • No instrumentationwiththefollowingcapabilities: • Measuringcosmicrays and magneticfieldatthesametime • Including a small boom systemtosupportthemagneticfieldmeasurements • Includingradiationhardness test capabilities • Realisedwithintheconstraints of a 3U CubeSatmission CROSS Network: SpaceWeatherForecast System

  5. RadMaginstrumentconcept RadMag = Cosmic Radiation and Magnetic Field Instrument Package Spaceweather monitoring bycombination of cosmicray and magneticfieldmeasurementsintooneinstrument Specification is reflectingto ESA SSA SWE productrequirements Cosmicraymeasurementsbysiliconbasedtelescopes: proton, electron, HZE spectraseparately In-board and outboard 3-axis magnetoresistivesensor Built-in boom systemtosupportthemagneticfieldmeasurements Built-indoserate monitoring and RadiationHardnessAssurance (RHA) capabilities Smallsizeto fit forCubeSat/SmallSatmissions (fitting ~1.2U CubeSat standard) Low-cost alternative in future space weather studies and forecast services and in general radiation damage monitoring for commercial use Instrumentdevelopmentwithin ESA GSTP programme CROSS Network: SpaceWeatherForecast System

  6. RadiationSensor System specification Magnetometerspecification CROSS Network: SpaceWeatherForecast System

  7. RADCUBE mission Platform systems ADCS RadMaginstrument CROSS Network: SpaceWeatherForecast System

  8. RADCUBE in-orbitdemonstrationmission • Futurevision: CROSS Network = Cosmic Ray ObservatorySatellite System In-orbitdemonstration 3U CubeSatmissionwithin ESA GSTP 6.3 programme Lead by a HungarianCubeSatCompany (C3S LLC) Project is reachingthe CDR Expectedlaunch: Q1 of 2020 CROSS Network: SpaceWeatherForecast System

  9. CROSS Network = Cosmic Ray Observatory Satellite System 4U 8U 2U Here Here Multi-Payload and Multi-Sat concept C3S provides6/12U platformsfor MTA-EK’sRadMag 2.0 (~2.5U) The rest of the free unitscan be rented CROSS Network: SpaceWeatherForecast System

  10. Summary • New spaceweather monitoring instrumentdevelopment: RadMag • Uniquecombination of cosmicray and magneticfieldmeasurementsintooneinstrument • Verysmallsizeto fit forCubeSat/SmallSatmissions (fitting ~1.2U CubeSat standard) • Built-in boom systemtosupportthemagneticfieldmeasurements • Relatively low-cost alternative forfuture space weather studies and in general radiation damage monitoring for commercial use • Instrumentdevelopmentjustnowpassed PDR and movingintophase C • 1st IOD Mission: RADCUBE 3U CubeSat • Expectedlaunch is Q1 2020 • Futurevision (CROSS Network): CubeSat/SmallSatconstellationforspaceweather and radiationdamage monitoring services CROSS Network: SpaceWeatherForecast System

  11. Thankyouforyourattention!Web: spacedosimetry.comE-mail: zabori.balazs@energia.mta.hu

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