Solar Energetic Particle Events Detected in the Housekeeping Data of the European Space Agency's Spacecraft Flotilla in the Solar System
Abstract Despite the growing importance of planetary Space Weather forecasting and radiation protection for science and robotic exploration and the need for accurate Space Weather monitoring and predictions, only a limited number of spacecraft have dedicated instrumentation for this purpose. However...
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| author | Beatriz Sánchez‐Cano Olivier Witasse Elise W. Knutsen Dikshita Meggi Shayla Viet Mark Lester Robert F. Wimmer‐Schweingruber Marco Pinto Richard Moissl Johannes Benkhoff Hermann Opgenoorth Uli Auster Jos deBrujine Peter Collins Guido DeMarchi David Fischer Yoshifumi Futaana James Godfrey Daniel Heyner Mats Holmstrom Andrew Johnstone Simon Joyce Daniel Lakey Santa Martinez David Milligan Elsa Montagnon Daniel Müller Stefano A. Livi Timo Prusti Jim Raines Ingo Richter Daniel Schmid Peter Schmitz Håkan Svedhem Matt G. G. T. Taylor Elena Tremolizzo Dimitri Titov Colin Wilson Simon Wood Joe Zender |
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| description | Abstract Despite the growing importance of planetary Space Weather forecasting and radiation protection for science and robotic exploration and the need for accurate Space Weather monitoring and predictions, only a limited number of spacecraft have dedicated instrumentation for this purpose. However, every spacecraft (planetary or astronomical) has hundreds of housekeeping sensors distributed across the spacecraft, some of which can be useful to detect radiation hazards produced by solar particle events. In particular, energetic particles that impact detectors and subsystems on a spacecraft can be identified by certain housekeeping sensors, such as the Error Detection and Correction (EDAC) memory counters, and their effects can be assessed. These counters typically have a sudden large increase in a short time in their error counts that generally match the arrival of energetic particles to the spacecraft. We investigate these engineering datasets for scientific purposes and perform a feasibility study of solar energetic particle event detections using EDAC counters from seven European Space Agency Solar System missions: Venus Express, Mars Express, ExoMars‐Trace Gas Orbiter, Rosetta, BepiColombo, Solar Orbiter, and Gaia. Six cases studies, in which the same event was observed by different missions at different locations in the inner Solar System are analyzed. The results of this study show how engineering sensors, for example, EDAC counters, can be used to infer information about the solar particle environment at each spacecraft location. Therefore, we demonstrate the potential of the various EDAC to provide a network of solar particle detections at locations where no scientific observations of this kind are available. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3307166fd35d49b194d5ae3d2ff693692025-01-14T16:31:19ZengWileySpace Weather1542-73902023-08-01218n/an/a10.1029/2023SW003540Solar Energetic Particle Events Detected in the Housekeeping Data of the European Space Agency's Spacecraft Flotilla in the Solar SystemBeatriz Sánchez‐Cano0Olivier Witasse1Elise W. Knutsen2Dikshita Meggi3Shayla Viet4Mark Lester5Robert F. Wimmer‐Schweingruber6Marco Pinto7Richard Moissl8Johannes Benkhoff9Hermann Opgenoorth10Uli Auster11Jos deBrujine12Peter Collins13Guido DeMarchi14David Fischer15Yoshifumi Futaana16James Godfrey17Daniel Heyner18Mats Holmstrom19Andrew Johnstone20Simon Joyce21Daniel Lakey22Santa Martinez23David Milligan24Elsa Montagnon25Daniel Müller26Stefano A. Livi27Timo Prusti28Jim Raines29Ingo Richter30Daniel Schmid31Peter Schmitz32Håkan Svedhem33Matt G. G. T. Taylor34Elena Tremolizzo35Dimitri Titov36Colin Wilson37Simon Wood38Joe Zender39School of Physics and Astronomy University of Leicester Leicester UKEuropean Space Agency European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) Noordwijk The NetherlandsLATMOS/IPSL UVSQ Université Paris‐Saclay Sorbonne Université CNRS Guyancourt FranceSchool of Physics and Astronomy University of Leicester Leicester UKLATMOS/IPSL UVSQ Université Paris‐Saclay Sorbonne Université CNRS Guyancourt FranceSchool of Physics and Astronomy University of Leicester Leicester UKInstitute of Experimental and Applied Physics Christian‐Albrechts‐University Kiel GermanyEuropean Space Agency European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) Noordwijk The NetherlandsEuropean Space Agency European Space Research Institute (ESRIN) Frascati ItalyEuropean Space Agency European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) Noordwijk The NetherlandsSchool of Physics and Astronomy University of Leicester Leicester UKInstitut für Geophysik und extraterrestrische Physik Technische Universität Braunschweig Braunschweig GermanyEuropean Space Agency European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) Noordwijk The NetherlandsEuropean Space Agency European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) Darmstadt GermanyEuropean Space Agency European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) Noordwijk The NetherlandsSpace Research Institute Austrian Academy of Sciences Graz AustriaSwedish Institute of Space Physics Kiruna SwedenEuropean Space Agency European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) Darmstadt GermanyInstitut für Geophysik und extraterrestrische Physik Technische Universität Braunschweig Braunschweig GermanySwedish Institute of Space Physics Kiruna SwedenEuropean Space Agency European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) Darmstadt GermanySchool of Physics and Astronomy University of Leicester Leicester UKEuropean Space Agency European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) Darmstadt GermanyEuropean Space Agency European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) Villafranca del Castillo SpainEuropean Space Agency European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) Darmstadt GermanyEuropean Space Agency European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) Villafranca del Castillo SpainEuropean Space Agency European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) Noordwijk The NetherlandsSouthwest Research Institute San Antonio TX USAEuropean Space Agency European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) Noordwijk The NetherlandsDepartment of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI USAInstitut für Geophysik und extraterrestrische Physik Technische Universität Braunschweig Braunschweig GermanySpace Research Institute Austrian Academy of Sciences Graz AustriaEuropean Space Agency European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) Darmstadt GermanyDelft University Delft The NetherlandsEuropean Space Agency European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) Noordwijk The NetherlandsEuropean Space Agency European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) Noordwijk The NetherlandsLeiden Observatory Leiden The NetherlandsEuropean Space Agency European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) Noordwijk The NetherlandsEuropean Space Agency European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) Darmstadt GermanyEuropean Space Agency European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) Noordwijk The NetherlandsAbstract Despite the growing importance of planetary Space Weather forecasting and radiation protection for science and robotic exploration and the need for accurate Space Weather monitoring and predictions, only a limited number of spacecraft have dedicated instrumentation for this purpose. However, every spacecraft (planetary or astronomical) has hundreds of housekeeping sensors distributed across the spacecraft, some of which can be useful to detect radiation hazards produced by solar particle events. In particular, energetic particles that impact detectors and subsystems on a spacecraft can be identified by certain housekeeping sensors, such as the Error Detection and Correction (EDAC) memory counters, and their effects can be assessed. These counters typically have a sudden large increase in a short time in their error counts that generally match the arrival of energetic particles to the spacecraft. We investigate these engineering datasets for scientific purposes and perform a feasibility study of solar energetic particle event detections using EDAC counters from seven European Space Agency Solar System missions: Venus Express, Mars Express, ExoMars‐Trace Gas Orbiter, Rosetta, BepiColombo, Solar Orbiter, and Gaia. Six cases studies, in which the same event was observed by different missions at different locations in the inner Solar System are analyzed. The results of this study show how engineering sensors, for example, EDAC counters, can be used to infer information about the solar particle environment at each spacecraft location. Therefore, we demonstrate the potential of the various EDAC to provide a network of solar particle detections at locations where no scientific observations of this kind are available.https://doi.org/10.1029/2023SW003540space weatherhousekeepingsolar energetic particlesSEP events |
| spellingShingle | Beatriz Sánchez‐Cano Olivier Witasse Elise W. Knutsen Dikshita Meggi Shayla Viet Mark Lester Robert F. Wimmer‐Schweingruber Marco Pinto Richard Moissl Johannes Benkhoff Hermann Opgenoorth Uli Auster Jos deBrujine Peter Collins Guido DeMarchi David Fischer Yoshifumi Futaana James Godfrey Daniel Heyner Mats Holmstrom Andrew Johnstone Simon Joyce Daniel Lakey Santa Martinez David Milligan Elsa Montagnon Daniel Müller Stefano A. Livi Timo Prusti Jim Raines Ingo Richter Daniel Schmid Peter Schmitz Håkan Svedhem Matt G. G. T. Taylor Elena Tremolizzo Dimitri Titov Colin Wilson Simon Wood Joe Zender Solar Energetic Particle Events Detected in the Housekeeping Data of the European Space Agency's Spacecraft Flotilla in the Solar System Space Weather space weather housekeeping solar energetic particles SEP events |
| title | Solar Energetic Particle Events Detected in the Housekeeping Data of the European Space Agency's Spacecraft Flotilla in the Solar System |
| title_full | Solar Energetic Particle Events Detected in the Housekeeping Data of the European Space Agency's Spacecraft Flotilla in the Solar System |
| title_fullStr | Solar Energetic Particle Events Detected in the Housekeeping Data of the European Space Agency's Spacecraft Flotilla in the Solar System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Solar Energetic Particle Events Detected in the Housekeeping Data of the European Space Agency's Spacecraft Flotilla in the Solar System |
| title_short | Solar Energetic Particle Events Detected in the Housekeeping Data of the European Space Agency's Spacecraft Flotilla in the Solar System |
| title_sort | solar energetic particle events detected in the housekeeping data of the european space agency s spacecraft flotilla in the solar system |
| topic | space weather housekeeping solar energetic particles SEP events |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1029/2023SW003540 |
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