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TID and proton tests are reported on some COTS components for the PRISMA satellite project. TID test level was more than 20 krad and 170 MeV protons were used for the single event tests.
The SMART-1 satellite launched by the European Space Agency has traveled to an orbit around the Moon driven by its own ion engine. Because of the characteristics of the ion engine mission required many revolutions to reach the Moon and the time to pass through the radiation belts around the Earth was significant. The spacecraft is exposed to solar protons throughout its mission. In advance the flight...
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