An empirical model for energetic solar proton fluxes is presented. With this model the effects of such protons on geocentric space missions, to be flown during the next solar active period (1977-1983), and with orbits involving partial magnetospheric shielding, may be estimated. A synoptic background review is given, followed by a detailed discussion of the model's use, errors, uncertainties, and limitations, including sample calculations which demonstrate the application of specific or general project missions. Finally, for circular trajectories, percentage exposure maps are presented, depicting fractional mission times spent outside particular L shells as functions of orbit altitude and inclination.
Empirical solar proton model for orbiting spacecraft applications
1974-07-01
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Empirical solar proton model for orbiting spacecraft applications
Tema Archive | 1974
|THE ORBITING SOLAR OBSERVATORY SPACECRAFT
NTRS | 1963
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