Leaded by LIP, the GLOSS project started in July 2021 in the framework of ESA Euro Material Ageing program. This project is being developed in collaboration with University of Beira Interior (UBI), Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), the University of Ferrara (UF) and the Istituto dei Materiali per l’Elettronica e il Magnetismo (IMEM), from Parma, Italy. The objective of this experiment is to characterize the effects of orbit proton radiation environment on CdZnTe (CZT) samples onboard the ISS Bartolomeo platform, since CZT based detectors are developed by our group for the main instrument of high-energy space astrophysical telescopes operating in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). Samples launched to the ISS at 02h:29min (WET) of November 5th 2024 by a Falcon rocket from Cape Canaveral pad 39A. It was installed at Bartolomeo platform outside ESA Columbus module the December 16th 2024 and it will stay in place for about 1 year.
GLOSS Team
- PI: Rui Curado Silva (LIP/UC, Portugal)
- Co-PI: Jorge Maia (UBI/UC, Portugal)
- Ezio Caroli (IASF/Bologna, Italy)