Space Weather
RHEA has a diverse experience in the Space Weather sector in Europe. Space Weather Services will ensure the operational health and safety of European space assets, from a variety of threats posed by: the space radiation and electromagnetic plasma environment, space debris and micrometeorites.
Europe's space assets include: the International Space Station (ISS) Columbus Module, Earth Observation, Climate change and meteorological monitoring satellites in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), and Galileo navigation system in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) and telecommunications satellites in Geostationary and Geosynchronous Orbits (GEO).
RHEA's engineering support in space environment, effects and hazards projects includes:
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Trapped radiation modelling at LEO, MEO and GEO
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Energetic solar and cosmic radiation studies
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Space radiation effect tools, e.g. dose, degradation, single event upsets (SEUs)
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Space plasma environment and effects (e.g. charging, drag, etc.)
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Debris, micro-meteorites and micro-particle distributions and effects
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SSA Requirements definition and analysis
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Space standardisation (ECSS, CCSDS, etc.)
