LUCID
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| Mission type | Cosmic ray detection | ||||||
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| Operator | Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys | ||||||
| Website | The Langton Star Centre | ||||||
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| Manufacturer | Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd | ||||||
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LUCID (Langton Ultimate Cosmic ray Intensity Detector) is a cosmic ray detector built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd and designed at Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, in Canterbury, England.[1] Its main purpose is to monitor cosmic rays using technology developed by CERN, and will help predict the occurrence of solar flares (proton storms) which disrupt artificial satellites.[2][3] LUCID was launched on 8 July 2014 at Baikonur, Kazakhstan as an instrument of the satellite TechDemoSat-1, which was carried into space by a Soyuz-2 rocket.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "The Langton Star Centre".
- ↑ Hatfield, P.; Furnell, W.; Shenoy, A.; Fox, E.; Parker, R.; Thomas, L. (2018-10-29). "The LUCID-Timepix spacecraft payload and the CERN@school educational programme". Journal of Instrumentation. 13 (10) C10004. Bibcode:2018JInst..13C0004H. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/13/10/C10004. ISSN 1748-0221.
- ↑ Furnell, Will; Shenoy, Abhishek; Fox, Elliot; Hatfield, Peter (2018-10-30). "First results from the LUCID-Timepix spacecraft payload onboard the TechDemoSat-1 satellite in Low Earth Orbit". Advances in Space Research. 63 (5): 1523–1540. arXiv:1810.12876. doi:10.1016/j.asr.2018.10.045.
- ↑ SSTL press release http://www.sstl.co.uk/getattachment/News-and-Events/2014-News-Archive/SSTL-announces-the-successful-launch-of-UK-in-orbi/PR-TechDemoSat-1-successful-launch-v2.pdf?ext=.pdf
External links
[edit]- Description of LUCID
- From the Physics Lab to the Medical Industry to the Classroom: The Medipix Story
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