Research and Development (R&D) performed by the section is sub-divided into the main research areas below.
At the end of each R&D activity, the contractor presents the activity at one of the section’s final presentation days.
Research and Development
Some internal research is done, often with the support of Stagiaires, Research Fellows or Young Graduate Trainees.
Refer to ESA’s EMITS system for intended Invitations to Tender. If you have comments or ideas concerning technology research in the space environments and effects area, please feel free to contact V. Ferlet-Cavrois. Inputs from member state organisations are particularly welcome
- Radiation environment and Instrumentation
- Plasma environment
- Micrometeoroids and space debris
- Atmosphere and planetary environments
Radiation environment and Instrumentation
- Models of the Earth’s Radiation Belts
- Radiation Environment Research with Multiple Monitors
Instrument design:
- Radiation Environment Monitor (REM)
- Standard Radiation Environment Monitor (SREM)
- Columbus Radiation Environment & Effects Package (CREEP)
- Internal Charging Tools (DICTAT) & Experiments
- Miniature Radiation Monitor (MRM)
- Highly Miniaturised Radiation Environment Monitor (HMRM)
- Next Generation Radiation Environment Monitor (NGRM)
- Energetic Particle Telescope (EPT)
- Galileo Environment Monitor Unit (EMU)
For more Research & Development activities, related to radiation analysis, please visit the radiation shielding and effects page