PHOKA experiment: Description of the equipment and first results

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Apr 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011sosyr..45..153k&link_type=abstract

Solar System Research, Volume 45, Issue 2, pp.153-161

Physics

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The CORONAS-PHOTON Russian satellite intended to study the Sun was successfully launched into orbit on January 30, 2009. Scientific equipment of the satellite includes the PHOKA radiometer of soft X-ray and extreme UV radiation. The PHOKA instrument is intended to measure the absolute flux of solar electromagnetic radiation in the spectral windows of 0.5-7 nm, 0.5-11 nm, 27-37 nm, and 116-125 nm. When leaving and entering the Earth's shadow, the instrument aboard the spacecraft measures absorption of radiation by various layers of the Earth's atmosphere. Before the launch, photodiodes of the instrument had been calibrated using a synchrotron radiation source. In-flight stability of sensitivity of main channels is controlled using calibration channels. The paper describes the PHOKA instrument and presents its capabilities and main characteristics, as well as some results of its operation in orbit.

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