Sensing data related to charged particles to predict an anomaly in an environment

An environmental sensor for acquiring data related to flux and energy of charged particles in a space environment for using the data to determine, in substantially real time, whether the space environment is conducive to an anomaly caused by the charged particles, the sensor comprising:

• a spiral electrostatic analyzer structurally configured for charged particle detection in the space environment and including a cylindrical section having an axis, the spiral electrostatic analyzer generating a controllable radial electric field with respect to the axis to provide energy filtering of incoming charged particles, where, after filtering, the charged particles impact a charge multiplier to establish a detectable signal, and where a range of charged particle detection for the spiral electrostatic analyzer is between 50 electronvolts (eV) to 50 kilo-electronvolts (keV);
• a plurality of silicon detector telescopes comprising:
• a low energy proton electron telescope (LEPET) structurally configured to detect and measure electrons having energy within the range of 0.1 mega-electronvolts (MeV) to 0.5 MeV and protons having energy within the range of 2.0 MeV to 8.0 MeV;
• a medium energy proton electron telescope (MEPET) structurally configured to detect and measure electrons having energy within the range of 0.5 MeV to 1.7 MeV and protons having energy within the range of 8.0 MeV to 18.0 MeV;
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• a high energy proton electron telescope (HEPET) structurally configured to detect and measure electrons having energy within the range of 1.5 MeV to 5.0 MeV and protons having energy within the range of 15.0 MeV to 100.0 MeV;
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• a housing containing at least a portion of the spiral electrostatic analyzer and each of the plurality of silicon detector telescopes, the housing comprising an aperture for the spiral electrostatic analyzer and each of the plurality of silicon detector telescopes.