Success Stories
New Detectors Developed for Space-Based Research(20/37) To detect simultaneously various types of energetic elementary particles in near Earth space, engineers have used both separate detectors and combinations of detectors in telescopic systems.
The V. Karazin Kharkiv National University led STCU Project #1578, a project to develop new versions of satellite devices for measurements of charged energetic particle fluxes. The main features of this model are the application of position-sensitive detectors matrices as well as scintillation detectors viewed by large area silicon photodiodes. An advantage of such design is a wide energy range for each particle type with simultaneous definition of spatial direction.
The successful outcome of this project led to the decision of the National Space Agency of Ukraine to sponsor Kharkiv National University for development of a satellite telescope, called STEP-F, for detection of electrons and protons. The telescope would be installed on board of the Coronas-Photon Russian space mission.