The simulation of radiation interference effects and the results of a radiation interference test on two Voyager Sun Sensor prototype detector assemblies are reported. The derivation of test levels and requirements are discussed and show that cobalt 60 gamma radiation is an effective and practical simulator of the ionization dose rate effects induced by high-energy electron flux incident on the spacecraft at a rate of 3.7x10(exp8)e/cm(exp2)s (10 rad(Si)/s) during clossest approach to Jupiter. The measured detector response shows that at dose rates incident on the detector elements of 2 rad(si)/s, which is four times that expected during Jupiter encounter, the radiation-induced angle error is almost an order of magnitude less than that allowed by the acceptance criteria.
Evaluation of radiation interference in the voyager sun sensor's cadmium sulfide detector
Bestimmung der Stoerung durch Strahlung in dem Kadmiumsulfid-Detektor des Voyager Sun Sensor
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science ; 25 , 6/Dez. ; 1324-1335
1978
12 Seiten, 14 Bilder, 5 Tabellen, 7 Quellen
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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