The ionizing radiation environment on the international space station: Performance vs. expectations for avionics and materials

IEEE Radiation Effects Data Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 110-116

  Koontz, Steven L ^a,b   Boeder, Paul A ^c   Pankop, Courtney ^c   Reddell, Brandon ^c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Ionizing radiation; Single event upset; Spacecraft reliability; Total ionizing dose

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS); IONIZING DOSE; SINGLE EVENT UPSET;

AVIONICS; COSMIC RAYS; IONIZING RADIATION; ORBITS; RADIATION SHIELDING; RELIABILITY;

SPACE STATIONS;

EID: 33749373205     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/REDW.2005.1532675     Document Type: Conference Paper

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