BackForwardInstrument:  SKL-rad 

Instrument details
Acronym SKL-rad
Full name Solar Cosmic-ray Spectrometer Complex - radiation
Purpose Measurement of solar gamma-rays
Short description Spectrometer for solar gamma-rays of energy 0.1-100 MeV and 0.3-16 MeV
Background Part of the Solar Cosmic-ray Spectrometer Complex (SKL)
Scanning Technique Sun pointing from a LEO high-inclination drifting orbit
Resolution N/A (full disk)
Coverage / Cycle Full Sun disk integral at about 1-s rate
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency Roscosmos
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 1994 to 2005
Last update: 2017-05-17
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

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Instrument classification
  • Solar and space environment monitors
  • Solar activity monitor
WIGOS Subcomponents No WIGOS subcomponents have been defined.
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Solar gamma-ray flux spectrum
Evaluation of Measurements

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Note: * Primary mission objective.
VariableRelevance for measuring this variableOperational limitationsExplanation
Solar gamma-ray flux spectrum*3 - highNo specific limitation.Wide dynamic range