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Instrument details
Acronym
SWS/SEM/HEPD
Full name
Space Weather Suite / Space Environment Monitor / High Energy Particle Detector
Purpose
Space weather - Charged particles at platform level
Short description
Spectrometer for electrons (0.25-2.0 MeV), protons (6.4-38 MeV) and alpha-particles (15-60 MeV)
Background
Part of the SWS (Space Weather Suite) package
Scanning Technique
N/A (in-situ in the platform environment)
Resolution
N/A
Coverage / Cycle
N/A
Mass
Power
Data Rate
Providing Agency
CMA
Instrument Maturity
Flown on operational programme
Utilization Period:
2018-10-10 to ≥2022
Last update:
2017-06-05
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on
Note: a red tag indicates satellites no longer operational, a
green tag indicates operational satellites, a blue tag indicates
future satellites
Instrument classification
Solar and space environment monitors Energetic particle spectrometer
WIGOS Subcomponents
No WIGOS subcomponents have been defined.
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives Alpha particles differential directional flux Electron differential directional flux Proton differential directional flux Show all Show fewer
Tentative Evaluation of Measurements
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Instrument: SWS/SEM/HEPD