SW EFFECTS ON SYSTEMS

Satellites

Systems or capabilities that may be affected (performance degradation or even service interruptions in some cases) include telecommunications links (UHF/HF bands, SYRACUSE links), positioning, navigation and precision of satellite-guided weapons and Search and Rescue (SAR).

RADIATION ENVIRONMENT (from CRATERRE)

This image provides alarms of space environment : top panel = Solar Proton Event alarm, the middle panel = radiation belt index for medium energy electron in the outer belt and bottom panel = radiation belt index for high energy electron in the outer belt.

Expert contact : Didier Lazaro (didier.lazaro@onera.fr)

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Aviation

You travel by plane: this site SIEVERT enables you to calculate the radiation dose received during a flight and to increase your knowledge on cosmic radiation. The Paris Observatory participated in the creation of this service.