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Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite Data at NASA/NSSDC Entry ID: CRRES |
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Abstract:
The Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite (CRRES) was launched into a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) for a nominal three-year mission to investigate fields, plasmas, and energetic particles inside the Earth's magnetosphere. As part of the CRRES program the SPACERAD (Space Radiation Effects) project, managed by Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, investigated the radiation environment of the inner and outer radiation belts and measured radiation effects on state-of-the-art microelectronics devices. Other magnetospheric, ionospheric, and cosmic ray experiments were also included onboard CRRES and supported by NASA or the Office of Naval Research. The chemical release project was managed by NASA/MSFC and utilized the release of chemicals from onboard cannisters at low altitudes near dawn and dusk perigee times and at high altitudes near local midnight. The chemical releases were monitored with optical and radar instrumentation by ground-based observers to measure the bulk properties and movement of the expanding clouds of photo-ionized plasma along field lines after the releases occurred. In order to study the magnetosphere at different local times during the mission, the satellite orbit was designed to precess with respect to the earth-sun line such that the local time at apogee decreased by 2.5 minutes/day from 08:00 (LT) just after launch and returned to this position in nineteen month cycles. The CRRES spacecraft had the shape of an octagonal prism with solar arrays on the top side. The prism is 1 m high and 3 m between opposite faces. Four of the eight compartments were for the chemical canisters and the other four housed the SPACERAD and other experiments. The spacecraft body was spun at 2.2 rpm about a spin axis in the ecliptic plane and kept pointed about 12 degrees ahead of the Sun's apparent motion in celestial coordinates. Pre-launch and in-flight operations were supported by the Space Test and Transportation Program Office of the U.S. Air Force Space Division. Contact with the CRRES spacecraft was lost on October 12, 1991 and was presumed to be due to onboard battery failure. CRRES data sets consists of attitude and ephemeris data, magnetic field data, and energetic particle data. |
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Data Set Citation
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Dataset Originator/Creator:
NASA/USAF
Dataset Title: Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite Dataset Release Date: 1990 Dataset Release Place: Greenbelt, MD Dataset Publisher: NASA/GSFC Online Resource: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1990-065A |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date: 1990-07-25 |
| Stop Date: 1991-10-12 |
Location Keywords
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SPACE
> EARTH MAGNETIC FIELD
> HIGH LATITUDE MAGNETOSPHERE
SPACE > EARTH MAGNETIC FIELD > INNER MAGNETOSPHERE SPACE > EARTH MAGNETIC FIELD > MAGNETOSPHERE (OTHER) |
Science Keywords
| SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS >SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE FLUX >ALPHA PARTICLE FLUX [Definition] |
| SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS >SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE FLUX >ELECTRON FLUX [Definition] |
| SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS >SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE PROPERTIES >PARTICLE COMPOSITION [Definition] |
| SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS >SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE PROPERTIES >PARTICLE DENSITY [Definition] |
| SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS >SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE PROPERTIES >PARTICLE SPEED [Definition] |
| SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS >SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE PROPERTIES >PARTICLE TEMPERATURE [Definition] |
| SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS >SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE FLUX >PROTON FLUX [Definition] |
| SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS >IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS >ELECTRIC FIELDS/ELECTRIC CURRENTS [Definition] |
| SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS >IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS >MAGNETIC FIELDS/MAGNETIC CURRENTS [Definition] |
| SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS >IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS >ION CHEMISTRY/IONIZATION [Definition] |
| SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS >IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS >PLASMA WAVES [Definition] |
ISO Topic Category
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GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
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Platform
| CRRES >Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite [Information] |
Keywords
| CRRES |
| radiation belts |
| energetic particles |
| cosmic rays |
| radiation effects |
Data Set Progress
| COMPLETE |
Originating Center
| NSSDC |
Data Center
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National Space Science Data Center, Space Science Data Operation Office, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
[Information]
Data Center URL: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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Publications/References
Johnson, M. H. and J. Keirein "Combined Release and Radiation Effects
Satellite (CRRES) Spacecraft and Mission," J. Spacecraft and Rockets, 29,
No. 4, July-August 1992, pp.556-563.
Koga, R., S. D. Pinkerton and J. F. Fennell, "CRRES AFGL-701-11A
(DPUA/MICS) Experiment Handbook, The Aerospace Corporation, P. O. Box
92957, Los Angeles, CA 90009, July 1990.
Koga, R., and S. D. Pinkerton, "CRRES AFGL-701-11B (DPUA/HMSB) Experiment
Handbook, Report No. ATR-91(7216)-1, The Aerospace Corporation, P. O. Box
92957, Los Angeles, CA 90009, March 1992.
Koga, R., and S. D. Pinkerton, "CRRES AFGL-701-5,7 (DPU57) Experiment
Handbook, The Aerospace Corporation, P. O. Box 92957, Los Angeles, CA
90009, July 1990.
Koga, R., S. S. Imamoto, N. Katz, and S. D. Pinkerton, "Data Processing Units for Eight Magnetospheric Particle and Field Sensors," J. Spacecraft
and Rockets, 29, No. 4, July-August 1992, pp.574-579.
Young, D. T., B. L. Baraclough, D. J. McComas, M. F. Thomsen, K. McCabe and R. Vigil, "CRRES Low-Energy Magnetospheric Ion Composition Sensor", J.
Spacecraft and Rockets, 29, No. 4, July-August 1992, pp.596-598.
Vampola, A., J. V. Osborn, and B. M. Johnson, "CRRES Magnetic Electron
Spectrometer AFGL-701-5A (MEA)", J. Spacecraft and Rockets, 29, No. 4,
July-August 1992, pp.592-595.
Korth, A., G. Kremser, B. Wilken, W. Guttler, S. L. Ullaland, and R. Koga, "Electron and Proton Wide-Angle Spectrometer (EPAS) on the CRRES
Spacecraft", J. Spacecraft and Rockets, 29, No. 4, July-August 1992,
pp.609-614.
Blake, J. B., and S. S. Imamoto, "Proton Switches", J. Spacecraft and
Rockets, 29, No. 4, July-August 1992, pp.595-596.
Griffin, A., D. Delorey, and R. MacInerney, "CRRES Agency Tape
Generation," GL TM No. 174, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB,
MA, October 1989.
MacInerney, R., R. Raistrick, E. Robinson, and A. Griffin, "CRRES Data
Management Plan Data Processing Task," GL TM No. 130, Air Force Geophysics
Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA, June 1986.
"CRRES Project Orbital Data Processing Task Aggency Tape Support
Information," RMS Technologies, Inc., 70 Westview Street, Lexington, MA
02173, 8 August 1988.
Rodriguez, P., "Overview of the LASSII Experiment on the Combined Release
and Radiation Effects Satellite," J. Spacecraft and Rockets, 29, No. 4,
July-August 1992, pp.564-565.
Vampola, A., "Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite", J.
Spacecraft and Rockets, 29, No. 4, July-August 1992, p.555.
Satellite (CRRES) Spacecraft and Mission," J. Spacecraft and Rockets, 29,
No. 4, July-August 1992, pp.556-563.
Koga, R., S. D. Pinkerton and J. F. Fennell, "CRRES AFGL-701-11A
(DPUA/MICS) Experiment Handbook, The Aerospace Corporation, P. O. Box
92957, Los Angeles, CA 90009, July 1990.
Koga, R., and S. D. Pinkerton, "CRRES AFGL-701-11B (DPUA/HMSB) Experiment
Handbook, Report No. ATR-91(7216)-1, The Aerospace Corporation, P. O. Box
92957, Los Angeles, CA 90009, March 1992.
Koga, R., and S. D. Pinkerton, "CRRES AFGL-701-5,7 (DPU57) Experiment
Handbook, The Aerospace Corporation, P. O. Box 92957, Los Angeles, CA
90009, July 1990.
Koga, R., S. S. Imamoto, N. Katz, and S. D. Pinkerton, "Data Processing Units for Eight Magnetospheric Particle and Field Sensors," J. Spacecraft
and Rockets, 29, No. 4, July-August 1992, pp.574-579.
Young, D. T., B. L. Baraclough, D. J. McComas, M. F. Thomsen, K. McCabe and R. Vigil, "CRRES Low-Energy Magnetospheric Ion Composition Sensor", J.
Spacecraft and Rockets, 29, No. 4, July-August 1992, pp.596-598.
Vampola, A., J. V. Osborn, and B. M. Johnson, "CRRES Magnetic Electron
Spectrometer AFGL-701-5A (MEA)", J. Spacecraft and Rockets, 29, No. 4,
July-August 1992, pp.592-595.
Korth, A., G. Kremser, B. Wilken, W. Guttler, S. L. Ullaland, and R. Koga, "Electron and Proton Wide-Angle Spectrometer (EPAS) on the CRRES
Spacecraft", J. Spacecraft and Rockets, 29, No. 4, July-August 1992,
pp.609-614.
Blake, J. B., and S. S. Imamoto, "Proton Switches", J. Spacecraft and
Rockets, 29, No. 4, July-August 1992, pp.595-596.
Griffin, A., D. Delorey, and R. MacInerney, "CRRES Agency Tape
Generation," GL TM No. 174, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom AFB,
MA, October 1989.
MacInerney, R., R. Raistrick, E. Robinson, and A. Griffin, "CRRES Data
Management Plan Data Processing Task," GL TM No. 130, Air Force Geophysics
Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA, June 1986.
"CRRES Project Orbital Data Processing Task Aggency Tape Support
Information," RMS Technologies, Inc., 70 Westview Street, Lexington, MA
02173, 8 August 1988.
Rodriguez, P., "Overview of the LASSII Experiment on the Combined Release
and Radiation Effects Satellite," J. Spacecraft and Rockets, 29, No. 4,
July-August 1992, pp.564-565.
Vampola, A., "Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite", J.
Spacecraft and Rockets, 29, No. 4, July-August 1992, p.555.
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2004-12-13
Last DIF Revision Date:
2005-07-29
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