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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2259-2269 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Advances in space research |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Early online date | 28 Jun 2023 |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Sept 2023 |
Abstract
The GRACE – Follow On (GRACE-FO) satellite mission (2018-now) hosts the novel Laser Ranging Interferometer (LRI), a technology demonstrator for proving the feasibility of laser interferometry for inter-satellite ranging measurements. The GRACE-FO mission extends the valuable climate data record of changing mass distribution in the system Earth, which was started by the original GRACE mission (2002–2017). The mass distribution can be deduced from observing changes in the distance of two low-earth orbiters employing interferometry of electromagnetic waves in the K-Band for the conventional K-Band Ranging (KBR) and in near-infrared for the novel LRI. This paper identifies possible radiation-induced Single Event Upset (SEU) events in the LRI phase measurement. We simulate the phase data processing within the Laser Ranging Processor (LRP) and use a template-based fitting approach to determine the parameters of the SEU and subtract the events from the ranging data. Over four years of LRI data, 31 of such events were identified and characterized.
Keywords
- Bitflip, Cosmic radiation, GRACE-FO, LRI, Laser ranging interferometer, Single event upset
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Engineering(all)
- Aerospace Engineering
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
- Geophysics
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
- Atmospheric Science
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
- Space and Planetary Science
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
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In: Advances in space research, Vol. 72, No. 6, 15.09.2023, p. 2259-2269.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Disturbances from Single Event Upsets in the GRACE Follow-On Laser Ranging Interferometer
AU - Misfeldt, Malte
AU - Bekal, Pallavi
AU - Müller, Vitali
AU - Heinzel, Gerhard
N1 - Funding Information: This work has been supported by: The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation, Project-ID 434617780, SFB 1464); Clusters of Excellence “QuantumFrontiers: Light and Matter at the Quantum Frontier: Foundations and Applications in Metrology” (EXC-2123, project number: 390837967); the European Space Agency in the framework of Next Generation Gravity Mission development and ESA’s third-party mission support for GRACE-FO (RFP/3–17121/21/I-DT-lr); the Max Planck Society (MPG) for future mission support (M.IF.A.QOP18108) and in the framework of the LEGACY cooperation on low-frequency gravitational-wave astronomy (M.IF.A.QOP18098).
PY - 2023/9/15
Y1 - 2023/9/15
N2 - The GRACE – Follow On (GRACE-FO) satellite mission (2018-now) hosts the novel Laser Ranging Interferometer (LRI), a technology demonstrator for proving the feasibility of laser interferometry for inter-satellite ranging measurements. The GRACE-FO mission extends the valuable climate data record of changing mass distribution in the system Earth, which was started by the original GRACE mission (2002–2017). The mass distribution can be deduced from observing changes in the distance of two low-earth orbiters employing interferometry of electromagnetic waves in the K-Band for the conventional K-Band Ranging (KBR) and in near-infrared for the novel LRI. This paper identifies possible radiation-induced Single Event Upset (SEU) events in the LRI phase measurement. We simulate the phase data processing within the Laser Ranging Processor (LRP) and use a template-based fitting approach to determine the parameters of the SEU and subtract the events from the ranging data. Over four years of LRI data, 31 of such events were identified and characterized.
AB - The GRACE – Follow On (GRACE-FO) satellite mission (2018-now) hosts the novel Laser Ranging Interferometer (LRI), a technology demonstrator for proving the feasibility of laser interferometry for inter-satellite ranging measurements. The GRACE-FO mission extends the valuable climate data record of changing mass distribution in the system Earth, which was started by the original GRACE mission (2002–2017). The mass distribution can be deduced from observing changes in the distance of two low-earth orbiters employing interferometry of electromagnetic waves in the K-Band for the conventional K-Band Ranging (KBR) and in near-infrared for the novel LRI. This paper identifies possible radiation-induced Single Event Upset (SEU) events in the LRI phase measurement. We simulate the phase data processing within the Laser Ranging Processor (LRP) and use a template-based fitting approach to determine the parameters of the SEU and subtract the events from the ranging data. Over four years of LRI data, 31 of such events were identified and characterized.
KW - Bitflip
KW - Cosmic radiation
KW - GRACE-FO
KW - LRI
KW - Laser ranging interferometer
KW - Single event upset
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U2 - 10.1016/j.asr.2023.06.038
DO - 10.1016/j.asr.2023.06.038
M3 - Article
VL - 72
SP - 2259
EP - 2269
JO - Advances in space research
JF - Advances in space research
SN - 0273-1177
IS - 6
ER -