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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY - SPM -
Full Name Solar Proton Monitor Status No longer operational
Instrument Agencies NOAA Maturity
Instrument Type In situ Geometry
Instrument Technology Space environment monitor Sampling
Data Access Data Format
Measurements and Applications Monitoring of solar protons hitting the platform. Three solid state detectors monitoring the omnidirectional fluxes of solar protons in the energy ranges 0.27-3.2 MeV, 3.2-60 Mev and > 60 MeV; and alpha-particles in the range 12.5-32 MeV; and electrons of energy > 140 keV
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NOAA-1 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 1 (1970 - 1971)
TIROS M (ITOS-1) - TIROS M (ITOS-1) (1970 - 1971)
NOAA-2 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 2 (1972 - 1975)
NOAA-3 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 3 (1973 - 1976)
NOAA-4 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 4 (1974 - 1978)
NOAA-5 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 5 (1976 - 1979)
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