TY - GEN
T1 - Design, testing, and validation of a space-based Improved X-Ray Detector onboard Sharjah-Sat-1
AU - Faroukh, Yousuf
AU - Alkaabi, Tarifa
AU - Kalemci, Emrah
AU - Al-Sabt, Ibrahim
AU - BinAshour, Mohamed
AU - Altingun, Ali Murteza
AU - Gokalp, Kaya
AU - Yalcin, Refik
AU - Alketbi, Fatima
AU - Alhammadi, Amel
AU - Alansaari, Maryam
AU - Karabulut, Bogac
AU - Çatal, Egemen
AU - Fernini, Ilias
AU - Aslan, Alim R.
AU - Al-Naimiy, Hamid M.K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 SPIE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Sharjah-Sat-1 is currently being developed as a collaborative research project between the Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology (SAASST), the University of Sharjah, Istanbul Technical University, and Sabanci University. A 3U CubeSat design has been adopted with a dual payload onboard: (i) the improved X-ray Detector (iXRD) and (ii) a system of two optical cameras. The mission's primary scientific target is the observation of bright, hard X-ray sources in our Galaxy and the solar coronal holes. The paper discusses a high-level design, testing, and validation of the mission's primary science payload. The iXRD (Improved X-ray Detector) is equipped with a pixelated CdZnTe-based crystal as the active detection material and a Tungsten collimator with a field of view of 4.26 degrees. The detection range is from 20 to 200 keV with a target spectral resolution of 6 keV at 60 keV. The paper will cover a high-level design of the iXRD, environmental testing performed on the detector such as thermal-vacuum and vibration testing, and calibrating the detector.
AB - Sharjah-Sat-1 is currently being developed as a collaborative research project between the Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology (SAASST), the University of Sharjah, Istanbul Technical University, and Sabanci University. A 3U CubeSat design has been adopted with a dual payload onboard: (i) the improved X-ray Detector (iXRD) and (ii) a system of two optical cameras. The mission's primary scientific target is the observation of bright, hard X-ray sources in our Galaxy and the solar coronal holes. The paper discusses a high-level design, testing, and validation of the mission's primary science payload. The iXRD (Improved X-ray Detector) is equipped with a pixelated CdZnTe-based crystal as the active detection material and a Tungsten collimator with a field of view of 4.26 degrees. The detection range is from 20 to 200 keV with a target spectral resolution of 6 keV at 60 keV. The paper will cover a high-level design of the iXRD, environmental testing performed on the detector such as thermal-vacuum and vibration testing, and calibrating the detector.
KW - Calibration
KW - Collimation
KW - design of instruments
KW - Earth Observation
KW - Remote Sensing
KW - Satellites
KW - Space-based telescopes
KW - Systems engineering
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85136846031
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85136846031#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1117/12.2628134
DO - 10.1117/12.2628134
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85136846031
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - X-Ray, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy X
A2 - Holland, Andrew D.
A2 - Beletic, James
PB - SPIE
T2 - X-Ray, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy X 2022
Y2 - 17 July 2022 through 20 July 2022
ER -