Space Radiation 6.0

Windows 7 (32-bit)

Windows Vista (32-bit)

Windows XP (32-bit)

Windows 7 (64-bit)

Windows Vista (64-bit)

Windows XP (64-bit)

Version 5.0 to 6.0 Modifications

Space Radiation 6 has been extensively updated for the latest 32 and 64-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems: Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. Previous versions had been preserving backwards-compatibility with earlier operating systems such as Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT. This has been limiting the capabilities of the software and led to some faulty outputs with the old Microsoft Write format. The new software runs correctly on all supported systems.

The new software now uses the current standard Windows installation. It has been comprehensively tested on Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit). The algorithms generate exactly the same results as Version 5. User experience should be much improved.

User manual revisions include updating to the current HTML standard, improving the appearance of formulas and symbols. The report generating function and the file listing function now display standard HTML documents in your browser. Report printing functions now utilize the standard WordPad application and run flawlessly.

A major improvement is the replacement of the obsolete parallel port key with a USB hardware key. This allows you to install and use Space Radiation on laptops and newer desktop systems without parallel ports.

Upgraders may install Space Radiation with confidence that it is 100% compatible with their existing files and databases.

Space Environment and Effects Modeling Software

Space Radiation is a widely-used engineering tool that models ionizing radiation exposure in

• Space systems caused by Van Allen belts, solar flares, and galactic cosmic radiation
• Aircraft and missile systems caused by atmospheric neutrons
• All systems caused by artificial radiation sources

It lets you predict total dose, single-event upsets, solar cell damage, latchup, and displacement damage in spacecraft electronics. This comprehensive package simplifies orbit integration, radiation transport, and radiation effects calculations. You need only brief runs on your personal computer for accurate results.

Partial List of References to Space Radiation in the Literature

Microsoft Windows Application

Space Radiation for Windows has all the functionality you've come to expect in a program written for Microsoft Windows.

• Familiar menu structure
• Dialog boxes with parameter checking
• Multitasking (run several calculations at the same time)
• Keyboard and mouse input
• Output to the clipboard, disk, or printer
• Comprehensive hypertext-enabled help file

Industry-Standard Collection of Models

A brief installation step gives you access to all the industry-standard radiation environment models. The standard edition contains:

• AP-8 trapped proton models
• AE-8 trapped electron models
• CREME cosmic radiation models
• JPL 1991 solar proton model
• IGRF/DGRF magnetic field models
• Total dose from electrons, protons, and heavy ions
• Dose equivalent for human exposure

Modules add a variety of additional capabilities to the software.

Modular Construction

The careful, modular design of Space Radiation for Windows allows us to update quickly and reliably.

List of Modules by Function

List of Modules by Package Number

Complete range of calculations

You can do all the calculations necessary for a full radiation assessment with one code. In most cases, you may import your own files into the calculation when desired (e.g., if you prefer your orbit generator ).

• Orbit generation
• Shielding of Earth's magnetic field
• Spacecraft shielding, including distributions
• Radiation transport through materials
• Radiation effects including single event upsets, total dose, displacement damage, and biological dose equivalent, and solar cell damage.

Sample Calculation

Database

All parameters of each calculation are stored in a database and are accessible for retrieval. This means that all of your calculations are 100% reproducible and fully documented. The database facilitates many other features including:

• Generate detailed reports for sponsor or supervisor
• Print listings of any file
• Instantly get all file information including status, creation date and time, size, description, location, and version information
• Quickly create a publication quality plot with graphics
• View or modify parameters used in an existing file
• Clone an existing file, making a number of similar calculations easier
• Recreate the original dialog box just by clicking on the file name

With Space Radiation you can create multiple databases, assigning one to each project. The databases and files can be archived or easily transferred to another Space Radiation user.

Documentation

Space Radiation is supplied with extensive documentation contained in the HTML User's Manual. This file contains detailed and up-to-date software documentation. Contents include a complete tutorial with examples of each calculation; descriptions of each menu, dialog box, and data-entry field; complete file specifications; frequently asked questions (FAQ); flow charts; glossary; and bibliography. The help file is revised and updated for each new software release.

The Space Radiation User's Manual is fully hypertext enabled. Hundreds of jumps let you to get from one part of the manual to another with a mouse click. Extensive keywords help you to find what you are looking for.

The help file is fully integrated into the dialog boxes giving you context-sensitive help. When you are working within a dialog box, simply click on the Help button to get a full description of each parameter. If you enter invalid or incorrect data, you are notified without an annoying beep and may instantly jump to the help entry for that parameter.

There is no hard-copy documentation supplied with Space Radiation. All documentation is supplied with the software or on our web page.

Productivity Tools

Numerous productivity tools make your modeling tasks just a little bit easier. These include:

• Batch utilities make it easy to share projects with others
• Spectra may be output in any flux units (/cm², /m²/sr, /cm²/s, etc.)
• Universal file import features let you use data from other software at any stage of your calculations.
• Results may be output with any time and dose units
• Shielding thickness may be input in any length units

System Requirements

• Space Radiation has been confirmed to run correctly on the following Microsoft operating systems:

  • Windows XP
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 7

  It should also run properly on any recent 32 or 64-bit Windows operating system. Please contact us about specific issues.

• You will need 100 MB of hard disk space and 500 MB of available RAM.

• You should operate at a high resolution video setting. The software was designed for 24-bit XVGA systems (1024 x 768 pixels and 16 million colors). Set up your graphics card with small fonts if the dialog boxes don't fit on the screen.

• USB port required for the hardware key

• CD-ROM drive (software is delivered only on CD)