ULYSSES
Ulysses HISCALE Data Analysis Handbook
Chapter 5: Inflight Performance
5,3 In-Flight Calibration Sources
ISPM/LAN Flight Unit Radioactive Sources*
| LEMS 30 | 1 m Ci
Americium-241 1 m Ci Barium-133 |
| CD 60 | 1 m Curium-244 0.1 m Ci Gadolinium-148 |
| LEMS 120 | 1 m Ci Americium-241 |
| Energies | |
| Americium-241 | 5.47 mV alphas degraded to 0.5 mV |
| Cirium-244 | 6.12 mV alphas |
| Gadolinium-148 | 3.18 mV alphas |
| Barium-133 | 45, 75, 266 and 319 kV electrons |
*Will be mounted during storage period or at KSC
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Updated 8/8/19, Cameron Crane
QUICK FACTS
Manufacturer:
ESA provided the Ulysses spacecraft, NASA provided the power
supply, and various others provided its instruments.
Mission End Date: June 30, 2009
Destination: The inner heliosphere of the sun away from the ecliptic plane
Orbit: Elliptical orbit transversing the polar regions of the sun outside of the ecliptic plane
Mission End Date: June 30, 2009
Destination: The inner heliosphere of the sun away from the ecliptic plane
Orbit: Elliptical orbit transversing the polar regions of the sun outside of the ecliptic plane