BackForwardInstrument:  ICARE-NG 

Instrument details
Acronym ICARE-NG
Full name Influence sur les Composants Avancés des Radiations de l'Environnement
Purpose For Space Weather. ICARE-NG measures incident radiation and infers electron fluxes.
Short description
  • Three sensors are implemented on the instrument, two of them are composed of two silicon detectors with coincidence and anticoincidence logic and one of them is made of a single silicon detector. 
  • More details here
Background

This sensor is mounted on satellites of opportunity
Scanning Technique

N/A
Resolution N/A
Coverage / Cycle N/A
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency CNES
Instrument Maturity Flown on operational programme
Utilization Period: 2022 to 2037
Last update: 2025-01-27
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

Note: a red tag indicates satellites no longer operational, a green tag indicates operational satellites, a blue tag indicates future satellites

Instrument classification
  • Solar and space environment monitors
  • Energetic particle spectrometer
WIGOS Subcomponents
  • Subcomponent 1
  • In-situ plasma probes, and energetic particle spectrometers and magnetometers at GEO and LEO, and magnetic field at GEO
  • Electron sensor at GEO
  • Proton sensor at GEO
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Electron differential directional flux
  • Proton differential directional flux
Evaluation of Measurements

The following list indicates which measurements can typically be retrieved from this category of instrument. To see a full Gap Analysis by Variable, click on the respective variable.

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Note: * Primary mission objective.
VariableRelevance for measuring this variableOperational limitationsExplanation
Electron differential directional flux*4 - fairNo specific limitation.Sun pointing, high energy (over 400 keV)
Proton differential directional flux*4 - fairNo specific limitation.Sun pointing, high energy (over 1000 keV)
Solar wind density2 - very highNo specific limitation.Solar viewing. Inferred by elecron and proton spectroscopy