L I P

Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas

L I P

L I P [PARTICLES AND TECHNOLOGY]

Nome
Expert Suport to BERM & RADEM units

Código
ESA: 4000137865/22/ES/JD

Entidade Beneficiária

LIP - Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas


Sumário do Projecto

BepiColombo is Europe's first mission to Mercury. It has been defined as a collaboration between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), executed under ESA leadership. The mission comprises two spacecraft: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO), built by ESA, and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO), built by JAXA, which are dedicated to the detailed study of the planet and its magnetosphere respectively. Their orbits have therefore been optimised accordingly.The MPO is a three-axis-stabilized and nadir-pointing spacecraft designed for an operational lifetime of one Earth year (with a possible extension of one year). The MPO will be placed in an inertially fixed polar orbit; the spacecraft has one axis aligned with the nadir direction to allow continuous nadir observation of the planet. The MPO’s 2.3-hour low-eccentricity orbit will provide excellent spatial resolution over the entire planet’s surface. The MPO science payload will investigate Mercury’s interior, surface composition and morphology, intrinsic magnetic field, the composition of the exosphere and the coupling between all of these aspects.The launch of the MPO-MMO composite took place in October 2018 on an Ariane 5 from Kourou. Approximately 7 years later, after two Venus and four Mercury flybys, the spacecraft will perform its final approach to Mercury. BepiColombo will arrive at Mercury in December 2025, and gather data during a 1-year nominal mission, with a possible 1-year extension.Outside of the protective layers of Earth’s atmosphere, Galactic Cosmic Radiation (GCR) and solar energetic particles (SEP), consisting of electrons, protons, atomic nuclei (and also high-energy photons) are constantly irradiating all components of BepiColombo. Therefore, following common practice, the BepiColombo Environment Radiation Monitor (BERM) has been installed on the MPO in order to measure the influx of energetic particles during cruise and while in orbit around Mercury.In addition to the task of monitoring the radiation environment of the spacecraft, the data collected by the BERM instrument can provide additional measurements for other particle instruments on board MPO (i.e. SIXS-P), be used to augment the quality of the Mercury Gamma and Neutron Spectrometer (MGNS) and to support instrument maintenance operations (i.e. for MIXS). In order to fulfil these functions, the raw data from the instrument need to be calibrated as accurately as possible.During the near-earth commissioning phase (NECP) after the launch of BepiColombo, it became apparent that the instrument is suffering from internal noise issues which had been overlooked during on-ground testing activities. While the Instrument is performing well from an engineering point of view, the data quality is clearly impacted by internal noise which is interfering with the regular measurements of energetic particles by triggering the particle recognition and energy reconstruction process erroneously. This leads to a large amount of “false” particle detections which, although mostly discarded by internal quality checks, reduce the sensitivity of BERM for the actual radiation environment.


Suporte sob

Reforçar a investigação, o desenvolvimento tecnológico e a inovação

Região de Intervenção

...

 

Financiamento

Custo total elegível
€ 75,000.00

Apoio financeiro da UE
Financiamento p/ LIP
€ 0.00
€ 75,000.00

Apoio financeiro público Nacional
€ 0.00

 

Datas

Aprovação

Início
2022-04-01

Fim
2025-03-31


Publicações


Monitoring of Solar Energetic Particles and Cosmic Rays with the RADEM instrument onboard the ESA JUICE missionInternational Conference Proceedingsaccepted
The BepiColombo Environment Radiation Monitor, BERMArticle in international journal (with direct contribution from team)published

Apresentações


“Auroral Snap”Student presentation in advanced training event
Astrofísica e Raios CósmicosOutreach seminar
BERM - BepiColombo SWT #22Oral presentation in collaboration meeting
BERM analysis statusOral presentation in collaboration meeting
BERM and RADEM: two Radiation Monitors in the HeliosphereOral presentation in international conference
BERM data analysisOral presentation in collaboration meeting
BERM data analysisOral presentation in collaboration meeting
BERM data analysisOral presentation in collaboration meeting
BERM data analysisOral presentation in collaboration meeting
BERM data analysisOral presentation in collaboration meeting
BERM Status Report "PM4Oral presentation in collaboration meeting
BERM status report for PM5Oral presentation in collaboration meeting
BERM status report for PM6Oral presentation in collaboration meeting
BERM, the BepiColombo Radiation MonitorOutreach seminar
BERM, the BepiColombo Radiation MonitorPoster presentation in national or international meeting
Desenvolvimento de um espectrómetro de partículas carregadas para a missão JUICE da ESA às Luas Geladas de Júpiter.Outreach seminar
DHA RADEM ReportOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Espaço: Para o infinito e mais além mas em segurança!Outreach seminar
Expert support to BERM & RADEM units on board BepiColombo and JUICE spacecraftOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Expert support to BERM & RADEM units on board BepiColombo and JUICE spacecraftOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Expert support to BERM & RADEM units on board BepiColombo and JUICE spacecrafOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Expert support to BERM & RADEM units on board BepiColombo and JUICE spacecraftOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Expert support to BERM & RADEM units on board BepiColombo and JUICE spacecraftOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Expert support to BERM & RADEM units on board BepiColombo and JUICE spacecraftOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Exploração EspacialOutreach seminar
First Analysis of Solar Energetic Particles with the BepiColombo Radiation Monitor (BERM)Oral presentation in international conference
JUICE: a missão Europeia a Jupiter e às suas luas geladasOral presentation in advanced training events
Launching the Radiation Hard Electron Monitor aboard the ESA JUICE missionOutreach seminar
Medical applications and SpaceOral presentation in national or international meeting
PARA O INFINITO E MAIS ALÉM MAS EM SEGURANÇA!Outreach seminar
Para o Infinito e mais além mas em segurança!Outreach seminar
Para o Infinito e Mais além mas em Segurança!Outreach seminar
Para o Infinito e mais além mas em Segurança!Outreach seminar
Para o Infinito e mais além mas em Segurança!Outreach seminar
Para o Infinito e mais Além mas em Segurança!Outreach seminar
Para o Infinito e mais além mas em Segurança!Outreach seminar
PARA O INFINITO E MAIS ALÉM MAS EM SEGURANÇA! - LIPOutreach seminar
Para o Infinito e mais além! ...mas em segurançaOutreach seminar
Para o Infinito e mais além! ...mas em segurançaOutreach seminar
RADEM Earth FlyByOral presentation in collaboration meeting
RADEM JUICE Spectrometers Data Analysis and Calibration Review preparationPoster presentation in national or international meeting
RADEM on JUICE's first observations of the interplanetary radiation environmentOral presentation in international conference
Radiation Environment in SpaceOral presentation in advanced training events
Radiation environment in spaceOral presentation in advanced training events
Radiation environment in spaceOral presentation in advanced training events
SEP Propagation studiesOral presentation in collaboration meeting
SHIELDING STUDIES FOR THE RADIATION ENVIRONMENT IN SPACEStudent presentation in advanced training event
Solar Energetic Particle event observations with the ESA BepiColombo and JUICE planetary missionsOral presentation in international conference
Space Radiation Environment & EffectsOral presentation in national or international meeting
Space Radiation Environment & EffectsOral presentation in national or international meeting
Space Weather monitoring with BepiColombo and JUICE during their cruise phasesOral presentation in international conference
The First Year of Observations with the Radiation Monitor on the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer: Solar Energetic Events and Cosmic Rays in the Inner Solar SystemOral presentation in international conference
The Radiation Monitor onboard JUICE: Science opportunities during cruiseOral presentation in international conference
The Radiation Monitor onboard JUICE: Science opportunities during cruisePoster presentation in international conference
Viagem ao Espaço: Do Sol a Júpiter!Outreach seminar
Visit to Space: from the Sun to JupiterOutreach seminar
Women in Astroparticle PhysicsOral presentation in national or international meeting


BARD Progress Meeting #3Collaboration Meeting2023-02-15 / 2023-02-15
BARD Progress Meeting #4Collaboration Meeting2023-04-03 / 2023-04-03
BARD Progress Meeting #5Collaboration Meeting2023-07-06 / 2023-07-06
BARD Progress Meeting #6Collaboration Meeting2023-10-23 / 2023-10-23
BESSI MeetingCollaboration Meeting2023-06-06 / 2023-06-07

Teses


Flight data analysis of the BERM radiation monitor aboard the BepiColombo mission to Mercury
Advanced Methods for Solar Energetic Particle Events Characterization in the Inner Solar System
Flight data analysis of the BERM radiation monitor aboard the BepiColombo mission to Mercury
Launching the Radiation Hard Electron Monitor aboard the ESA JUICE mission

Equipa


António de Lagos Roque Pessanha Gomes
Bernardo António Neto Gomes Baptista Tomé
Carlota Patrícia Donga Cardoso
Francisca Ferreira Santos
Hugo Joel de Jesus Simões
Maria Luisa Ferreira da Gama Velho Arruda
Patrícia Carla Serrano Gonçalves
Pedro Jorge dos Santos de Assis




Address

Contacts


Send me a message/comment

Logos institucionais


    Parceiros
  • Co-financiado
    Co-financiado


Política de cookies

Este site utiliza cookies, com o objetivo de melhorar a sua utilização. Ao navegar no site estará a consentir a sua utilização.


Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas   LIP.PT

Window-Size
// User: carlos@lip.pt EDITAR GUARDAR