• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.49 no.12
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• pp.1019-1025
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• 2021

In nearly all space environments, the solar cell degradation is dominated by protons[1]. Even through a GEO orbit lines in the electron radiation belts, the protons emitted from any solar event will still dominate the degradation[1]. Since COMS launch on June 26 2010, the proton events with the fluence of more than approximately 30 times the average level of perennial observations were observed between January 23 - 29 2012 and March 07 - 14 2012[16]. This paper studies the solar cell degradation by solar proton events in January and March 2012 for the open circuit voltage(Voc) of a witness cell and the short circuit current(Isc) of a section connected to a shunt switch. To evaluate the performance of solar cell, the flight data of voltage and current are corrected to the temperature, the Earth-Sun distance and the Sun angle and then compare with the solar cell characteristics at BOL. The Voc voltage dropped about 23.6mV compare after the March 2012 proton events to before the January 2012 proton events. The Voc voltage dropped less than 1% at BOL, which is 2575mV. The Isc current decreased negligible, as expected, in the March 2012 proton events.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.129.1-129.1
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• 2012

서포트 벡터 머신(Support Vector Machine, SVM)과 인공신경망 모형(Neural Network, NN)을 사용하여 태양 양성자 현상(Solar proton event, SPE)의 플럭스 세기를 예측해 보았다. 이번 연구에서는 1976년부터 2011년까지 10MeV이상의 에너지를 가진 입자가 10개 cm-1 sec-1 ster -1 이상 입사할 경우를 태양 양성자 현상으로 정의한 NOAA의 태양 고에너지 입자 리스트와 GOE위성의 X-ray 플레어 데이터를 사용하였다. 여기에서 C, M, X 등급의 플레어와 관련있는 178개 이벤트를 모델의 훈련을 위한 데이터(training data) 89개와 예측을 위한 데이터(prediction data) 89개로 구분하였다. 플러스 세기의 예측을 위하여, 우리는 로그 플레어 세기, 플레어 발생위치, Rise time(플레어 시작시간부터 최대값까지의 시간)을 모델 입력인자로 사용하였다. 그 결과 예측된 로그 플럭스 세기와 관측된 로그 플럭스 세기 사이의 상관계수는 SVM과 NN에서 각각 0.32와 0.39의 값을 얻었다. 또한 두 값 사이의 평균 제곱근 오차(Root mean square error)는 SVM에서 1.17, NN에서는 0.82로 나왔다. 예측된 플럭스 세기와 관측된 플럭스 세기의 차이를 계산해 본 결과, 오차 범위가 1이하인 경우가 SVM에서는 약 68%이고 NN에서는 약 80%의 분포를 보였다. 이러한 결과로부터 우리는 NN모델이 SVM모델보다 플럭스 세기를 잘 예측하는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.435-444
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• 2008

High energy charged particles are trapped by geomagnetic field in the region named Van Allen Belt. These particles can move to low altitude along magnetic field and threaten even low altitude spacecraft. Space Radiation can cause equipment failures and on occasions can even destroy operations of satellites in orbit. Sun sensors aboard Science and Technology Satellite (STSAT-l) was designed to detect sun light with silicon solar cells which performance was degraded during satellite operation. In this study, we try to identify which particle contribute to the solar cell degradation with ground based radiation facilities. We measured the short circuit current after bombarding electrons and protons on the solar cells same as STSAT-1 sun sensors. Also we estimated particle flux on the STSAT-l orbit with analyzing NOAA POES particle data. Our result clearly shows STSAT-l solar cell degradation was caused by energetic protons which energy is about 700keV to 1.5MeV. Our result can be applied to estimate solar cell conditions of other satellites.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.109-118
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• 2001

KITSAT-1, launched in 1992, passes through Inner Van Allen Radiation Belt in which high energy Protons cause single event upsets(SBUs) in the main memory of KITSAT-1 OBC(On-Board Computer) 186. The present paper compares SEU data from the OBC186 with the AP-8 model of NASA/NSSDC using the Chi-Square method to estimate the SEU threshold energy. Shielding effect by the satellite body has been taken into account to model the proton fluxes at the position of OBC186, and SEUs recorded during the high solar activities have been removed to avoid the spurious result. The result shows that the SEU threshold energy of the main memory of KITSAT-1 OBC186 is estimated to be about $110{pm}10MeV$.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.137.2-137.2
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• 2012

위성이 우주에서 노출되는 우주방사선 환경은 위성의 임무궤도 및 임무 기간에 따라 크게 달라진다. 지구 주위의 자기장에 의해 갇혀있는 양성자 및 전자의 환경은 고도에 따라 밀도 및 분포의 차이를 보인다. 특히 밴 앨런 밸트 내의 경계부분을 넘어서는 높은 고도에서의 방사선 입자별 노출 환경은 저궤도의 환경과는 구성 및 영향성이 크게 다르다. 본 논문에서는 전자 밸트 고도에서 운영되는 정지궤도 위성의 우주방사선 입자 환경을 분석하였다. 지구 자기장에 갇힌 입자, 태양입자 및 외부은하 입자 환경을 모델별로 분석하였으며 각 입자별 Flux 및 Fluence 스펙트럼을 이용하여 총 이온화 조사량과 중이온 스펙트럼을 도출하였다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.479-486
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• 2009

We studied the solar proton events (SPEs) associated with coronal mass ejections (CMEs) during the solar cycle 23 (1997-2006). Using 63 SPE dataset, we investigated the relationship among SPE, flare, and CME, and found that (1) SPE rise time and duration time depend on CME speed and the earthward direction parameter of the CME, and (2) the SPE peak intensity depends on CME speed and X-ray Flare intensity. While inspecting the relation between SPE peak intensity and the direction parameter, we found there are two groups: first group consists of large six SPEs (> 10,000 pfu at > 10 MeV proton channel of GOES satellite) and shows strong correlation (cc = 0.65) between SPE peak intensity and CME direction parameter. The second group has a weak intensity and shows poor correlation between SPE peak intensity and the direction parameter (cc = 0.01). By investigating characteristics of the first group, we found that all the SPEs are associated with very fast halo CME (> 1400km/s) and also they are mostly located at central region and within ${\pm}20^{\circ}$ latitude and ${\pm}30^{\circ}$ longitude strip.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.34 no.11
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• pp.76-83
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• 2006

Space radiation environment for COMS is simulated by NASA AP8/AE8, JPL91 and NRL CREME models, respectively for trapped particle, solar proton and cosmic-ray. The radiation effects on electronic devices in communication payload are also estimated by using simulation results. Dose-depth curve and LET spectrum are calculated for estimating total ionizing dose(TID) effect and single event effect(SEE) respectively. Spherical sector method is applied to dose estimation at each position in the units of communication payload to consider shielding effect of platform and housing. Total ionizing dose at each position varies by 8 times through shielding effect under the same external space radiation environment.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.213.1-213.1
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• 2012

우주방사선폭풍탐사선 (Space Radiation Storm probe: SRSP)에 탑재할 과학측정 장비들 중의 하나로 추진 중인 PD는 우주방사선 환경에서의 태양활동에 따른 고에너지 하전입자들 특히 proton의 에너지와 flux에 대한 정보를 획득하고 더불어 다른 고에너지 입자의 효과까지 포함하는 Linear Energy Transfer (LET)을 측정하기 위한 탑재체이다. 본 연구팀은 PD의 사양을 결정하기 위해서 GEANT4를 사용하여 전산모사를 수행하였으며, proton의 경우 우주 방사선 환경에서의 태양활동에 따른 고에너지 영역을 고려하여 0.1 ~ 1000 MeV 범위에서 전산 모사를 수행하였다. 본 연구팀은 특히 PD의 에너지 범위를 0 MeV ~ 5 MeV, 5 MeV ~ 10 MeV, 10 MeV ~ 20 MeV, 20 MeV ~ 35 MeV, 35 MeV ~ 52 MeV, 52 MeV ~ 72 MeV, 72 MeV 이상으로 총 7개의 channel를 결정하고 Al의 blocking material을 사용하여 검출하려는 에너지 범위를 조절한다. 또한 최적의 채널을 결정하여 silicon detector를 사용한 탑재체의 개념 설계를 실시하였다. 설계된 PD로부터 방사선대에서의 proton를 측정함으로써 태양기원 고에너지 입자에 대한 포획 및 쇠퇴에 대한 이해를 도울 것이다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.537-558
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• 2005

This paper addresses the results of HAUSAT-2 radiation environment and effect analyses, including TID and SEE analyses. Trapped proton and electron, solar proton, galactic cosmic ray models were considered for HAUSAT-2 TID radiation environment analysis. TID was analyzed through total dose-depth curve and the radiation tolerance of TID for HAUSAT-2 components was verified by using DMBP method and sectoring analysis. HAUSAT-2 LET spectrum for heavy ion and proton were also analyzed for SEE investigation. SEE(SEU, SEL) analyses were accomplished for MPC860T2B microprocessor and K6X8008T2B memory. It was estimated that several SEUs may occur without SEL during the HAUSAT-2 mission life(2 years). Software Hamming Code EDAC has been implemented to detect and correct the SEU. In this study, all radiation analyses were conducted by using SPENVIS software.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Heat Treatment
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.29-35
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• 2019

The remedial junction is found in the network of single walled carbon nanotubes after the irradiation of protons not only for the better mechanical strength but also for the higher property of electrical conductivity. The irradiated proton formed a beam transferred sufficient energy to change the sp2 structure of atomic carbon as much as damage of crystalline formation, however it is shown the cross bonding while recovery of structure. This improved network in 2-D atomic chain of carbon is expected to use in a critical part in space energy harvesting system related with the solar radiation.