Area PADLES ・E Area PADLES 3
Status of Space radiation environment monitor
3. Area PADLES 3 & Exp PADLES
: September 2009 STS-128 (17A) Launch - April 2010 STS-131 (19A) Return
Area PADLES 3
The third Area PADLES dosimeter was launched onto the ISS by the STS-128 Space Shuttle Discovery. From this time, five Area PADLES dosimeters were added to Experiment Logistics Module-Pressurized Section (ELM-PS).
The third dosimeters, newly installed and uninstalled, measured the dose for eight months.
NASA astronaut Nicole Passonno Stott installed the Area PADLES 3 dosimeter in Kibo.
Installation of Area PADLES dosimeter in Kibo on September 14, 2009
Exp PADLES
Exp PADLES dosimeter for technology development experiments to see the incident direction (direction dependence) and radiation exposure dose of radioactivity of the space radiation was launched with the Area PADLES 3 dosimeter. It was a cube composed of six Area PADLES dosimeter and attached to zenith region of the ELM-PS. It measured the dose of about eight months as well as the Area PADLES 3.
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Exp PADLES (left） and location (right)
Exp PADLES location: ELM-PS zenith side (left) and installed condition (right)
In ELM-PS zenith side, there were Exp PADLES and Area PADLES.