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- Title
Compact Scintillator Array Detector (ComSAD) for Sounding Rocket and CubeSat Missions.
- Authors
Wang, Pu Kai; Chen, Chih-Yun; Hsu, Hsiang-Chieh; Chang, Mu-Hsin; Liu, Wei Tai; Fang, Hui-Kuan; Wu, Ting-Chou; Chen, Wen-Hao; Tsai, Chin Cheng; Chen, Alfred Bing-Chih; Yang, Yi
- Abstract
The development of CubeSats and more frequent launch chances of sounding rockets are a total game changer to the space program, and it allows us to build space instruments that are technologically feasible and affordable. Therefore, it gives us a good opportunity to build a small cosmic-ray detector which has capabilities to measure the flux, direction, and even energy of cosmic rays at an altitude above the limitation of balloon experiments, and it may open a new door for building a constellation of detectors to study cosmic-ray physics. Compact Scintillator Array Detector (ComSAD) is a funded sounding rocket mission of Taiwan's National Space Organization. In this paper, we present the concept, design, and performance of ComSAD which is also suitable for future CubeSat missions.
- Subjects
SCINTILLATORS; INFRARED array detectors; CUBESATS (Artificial satellites); DEPTH sounding; BALLOONS
- Publication
Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, 2022, Vol 11, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
2251-1717
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1142/S2251171722500076