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Optimization of measurements of the Earth’s radiation belt particle fluxes

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The Earth’s radiation belts discovered at the end of the 1950s have great scientific and practical interest. Their main characteristics in magnetically quiet periods are well known. However, the dynamics of the Earth’s radiation belts during magnetic storms and substorms, particularly the dynamics of relativistic electrons of the outer belt, when Earth’s radiation belt particle fluxes undergo significant time variations, is studied insufficiently. At present, principally new experiments have been performed and planned with the intention to better study the dynamics of the Earth’s radiation belts and to operationally control the space-energy distributions of the Earth’s radiation belt particle fluxes. In this paper, for spacecraft designed to measure the fluxes of electrons and protons of the Earth’s radiation belts at altitudes of 0.5–10000 km, the optimal versions for detector orientation and orbital parameters have been considered and selected.

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    M. I. Panasyuk, M. V. Podzolko, A. S. Kovtyukh, I. A. Brilkov, N. A. Vlasova, V. V. Kalegaev, V. I. Osedlo, V. I. Tulupov & I. V. Yashin

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Original Russian Text © M.I. Panasyuk, M.V. Podzolko, A.S. Kovtyukh, I.A. Brilkov, N.A. Vlasova, V.V. Kalegaev, V.I. Osedlo, V.I. Tulupov, I.V. Yashin, 2017, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2017, Vol. 55, No. 2, pp. 85–93.

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Panasyuk, M.I., Podzolko, M.V., Kovtyukh, A.S. et al. Optimization of measurements of the Earth’s radiation belt particle fluxes. Cosmic Res 55, 79–87 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952516060071

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