X-ray detector on 2U cubesat BeEagleSAT of QB50

Kalemci, Emrah and Ümit, Ertan and Aslan, Rüstem (2013) X-ray detector on 2U cubesat BeEagleSAT of QB50. In: 6th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST 2013), Istanbul, Turkey

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Abstract

BeEagleSAT is a 2 Unit cubesat to be launched within the EU FP7 project QB 50. It is been produced by Istanbul Technical University and Turkish Air Force Academy. Sabanci University will provide a CdZnTe based semiconductor X-ray detector and associated readout electronics. The detector will utilize cross strip geometry to test the detection system in space, but it will not carry a mask for imaging. The readout will be established by an application specific integrated circuit controlled by a microcontroller. The system will have its own battery and will be turned on intermittently due to power and telemetry constraints. It will characterize the hard X-ray background in 20-150 keV at low Earth orbit conditions as a function of altitude.
Item Type: Papers in Conference Proceedings
Uncontrolled Keywords: X-rays; cubesats; semiconductor detectors; CdZnTe detectors
Subjects: T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering > TK1-4661 Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences > Basic Sciences > Physics
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Depositing User: Emrah Kalemci
Date Deposited: 21 Jan 2014 11:12
Last Modified: 26 Apr 2022 09:12
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/22989

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