A 7.6-cm*7.6-cm BGO (bismuth germanate) detector was flown in the middeck of the Space Shuttle Columbia August 8-13, 1989, as part of the Shuttle Activation Monitor (SAM) experiment. One of the goals of this experiment was to compare the performance of the BGO to that of NaI in the same environment. Twenty-four hours of data in 5-min time bins were recorded with each detector in each of two locations in a high-inclination orbit (57 degrees , 300 km). Pre- aid post-flight low-background counting was preformed for identification of activities induced by the space radiation environment. A number of isotopes attributed to induced activity from exposure to the space radiation environment have been tentatively identified


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Performance of a BGO detector in low Earth orbit


    Additional title:

    Leistung eines Wismut-Germanat-Detektors in niedrigem Orbit


    Contributors:
    Haskins, P.S. (author) / McKisson, J.E. (author) / Ely, D.W. (author) / Wesisenberger, A.G. (author) / Ballard, T.A. (author) / Dyer, C.S. (author) / Truscott, P.R. (author) / Piercey, R.B. (author) / Ramayya, A.V. (author) / Camp, D.C. (author)


    Publication date :

    1991


    Size :

    3 Seiten, 12 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





    Earth Orbit on-Orbit Operations in Near-Earth

    Czysz, Paul A. / Bruno, Claudio / Chudoba, Bernd | Springer Verlag | 2017


    Sun-Earth Harmonic Orbit via Earth-Moon Resonance Orbit

    Lee, Jinsung / Ahn, Jaemyung | AIAA | 2024


    Earth from Orbit

    K. Y. Kondratev | NTIS | 1975