Space Environment
Nautilus
Space Environment Irradiation Site for Electronic Devices
Objectives
- Experimental simulation of natural space radiations on electronic devices
Facilities
- Irradiation (CO60 SOURCES)
- Sherpherd 484-2500 Ci Irradiator (dose rate range: 40 to 0.04 rad (Si)/s)
- MEGA irradiation room with 500 Ci Alcatel GMA2500 panoramic irradiator (dose rate range: 3 to 0.001 rad (Si)/s)
- MILGA irradiation room with 2 Ci Alcatel GR50 panoramic (dose rate range: 0.06 to 0.0001 rad(Si)/s)
- CIRIL
- Irradiation cell with Cf252 and Am241 sources
Dosimetry in accordance to MILSTD and ESA recommandations
Funding
- Conseil Régional Midi-Pyrénées
- Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
- Centre National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales (ONERA)
