Abstract The Radiation Monitor (RADMON) on-board Aalto-1 CubeSat is an energetic particle detector that fulfills the requirements of small size, low power consumption and low budget. Aalto-1 was launched on 23 June 2017 to a sun-synchronous polar orbit with 97.4° inclination and an average altitude of somewhat above 500 km. RADMON has been measuring integral particle intensities from October 2017 to May 2018 with electron energies starting at low-MeV and protons from 10 MeV upwards. In this paper, we present first electron and proton intensity maps obtained over the mission period. In addition, the response of RADMON measurements to magnetospheric dynamics are analyzed, and the electron observations are compared with corresponding measurements by the PROBA-V/EPT mission. Finally, we describe the RADMON data set, which is made publicly available.


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    Titel :

    Radiation monitor RADMON aboard Aalto-1 CubeSat: First results


    Beteiligte:
    Gieseler, Jan (Autor:in) / Oleynik, Philipp (Autor:in) / Hietala, Heli (Autor:in) / Vainio, Rami (Autor:in) / Hedman, Hannu-Pekka (Autor:in) / Peltonen, Juhani (Autor:in) / Punkkinen, Arttu (Autor:in) / Punkkinen, Risto (Autor:in) / Säntti, Tero (Autor:in) / Hæggström, Edward (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2019-11-18


    Format / Umfang :

    14 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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