RADIOMETRIC EQUIPMENT ON SECOND SPACESHIP-SATELLITE
Equipment installed on the second Soviet spaceshipsatellite to measure radiation and determine dose absorption is described. A scintillation counter recorded charged particles penetrating the skin of the spaceship and gamma quanta with energies exceeding 25 kev. Two CTC-5 gas-discharge counters also recorded charged particles, and, as the efficiency of gamma recording was low (below 10/sup -2/), a comparison of readings made it possible to evaluate the contribution of the charged particles and the gamma quanta, respectively, to the absorbed dose. A separate scintillation counter measured the energy flow of relatively soft charged particles. Electronic equipment was supplied with energy from a 6( plus or minus 1)-v battery with power not over 0.5 w. A thorough check of the spaceship after its return to earth demonstrated that all the counters and electronie devices had retained their efficiency. A block diagram of the equipment is given. (OTS)
- Research Organization:
- Academy of Sciences, USSR
- NSA Number:
- NSA-16-013326
- OSTI ID:
- 4796700
- Journal Information:
- Iskusst. Sputniki Zemli, Vol. Vol: No. 9; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-62
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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