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Spaceship Earth is a network of neutron monitors designed to measure the flux of cosmic ray
Cosmic ray

Cosmic rays are energetic particles originating from space that impinge on Earth's atmosphere. Almost 90% of all the incoming cosmic ray particles are protons, about 9% are helium nuclei and about 1% are electrons ....
s arriving at Earth from different directions. All the 12 member neutron monitor stations are located at high (Northern or Southern) latitude, which makes their detecting directions more precise, and their energy responses uniform. Their combined signals provide a real-time measurement of the three-dimensional distribution of cosmic rays, mainly galactic cosmic ray
Galactic cosmic ray

Galactic cosmic rays consist of those cosmic rays that enter the solar system from the outside. They are high-energy charged particles composed of protons, electrons, and fully ionized nuclei of light elements....
s as well as solar energetic particles during the most intense solar events.






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Spaceship Earth is a network of neutron monitors designed to measure the flux of cosmic ray
Cosmic ray

Cosmic rays are energetic particles originating from space that impinge on Earth's atmosphere. Almost 90% of all the incoming cosmic ray particles are protons, about 9% are helium nuclei and about 1% are electrons ....
s arriving at Earth from different directions. All the 12 member neutron monitor stations are located at high (Northern or Southern) latitude, which makes their detecting directions more precise, and their energy responses uniform. Their combined signals provide a real-time measurement of the three-dimensional distribution of cosmic rays, mainly galactic cosmic ray
Galactic cosmic ray

Galactic cosmic rays consist of those cosmic rays that enter the solar system from the outside. They are high-energy charged particles composed of protons, electrons, and fully ionized nuclei of light elements....
s as well as solar energetic particles during the most intense solar events. Analyses of these data have applications in space weather
Space weather

Space weather is the concept of changing environmental conditions in outer space. It is distinct from the concept of weather within a Celestial body atmosphere, and deals with phenomena involving ambient Plasma , magnetic fields, radiation and other matter in space....
 studies.

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Spaceship Earth is a multinational collaboration, with participating institutions from the United States of America, Russia, Canada, and Australia.
  • The at the University of Delaware
    University of Delaware

    The University of Delaware is the largest university in the U.S. state of Delaware. The main campus is located in Newark, Delaware, with satellite campuses in Dover, Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware, Lewes, Delaware and Georgetown, Delaware....
    , U.S.A., operates the stations at McMurdo
    McMurdo Station

    McMurdo Station is an American Antarctica research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island on the shore of McMurdo Sound, 1 E6 m miles due south of New Zealand....
     (Antarctica), Thule
    Qaanaaq

    Qaanaaq is the main town in the northern part of the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. The inhabitants of Qaanaaq speak the Kalaallisut and many also speak Inuktun....
     (Greenland), Inuvik (Northwest Territories, Canada), Fort Smith
    Fort Smith, Northwest Territories

    Fort Smith is a town in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is located in the southeastern portion of the Northwest Territories, on the Slave River and adjacent to the NWT/Alberta border....
     (Northwest Territories, Canada), Peawanuck (Ontario, Canada), and Nain (Labrador, Canada).
  • and the , Russia, operate the Russian stations of Apatity
    Apatity

    Apatity is a town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located between Lake Imandra and Khibiny Massif some 23 km west of Kirovsk, Murmansk Oblast....
    , Barentsburg
    Barentsburg

    Barentsburg is the second largest settlement on Svalbard, with about 400 inhabitants, almost entirely Russian peoples and Ukrainians. The Russian-owned Arktikugol has been mining coal here since 1932, and during the Cold War Barentsburg was a hotbed of activity as the Russians attempted to expand their zone of control over the islands....
    , Cape Schmidt, Norilsk
    Norilsk

    Norilsk is a major types of inhabited localities in Russia in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It was granted city status in 1953. It is the northernmost city in Siberia and the world's second largest city above the Arctic Circle....
    , and Tixie Bay.
  • The Australian Antarctic Division
    Australian Antarctic Division

    The Australian Antarctic Division is a division of the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. This is the Australian Government agency which manages Australia's Antarctic and sub-Antarctic stations and Australian Antarctic Territory as part of the Australian Antarctic Program - historically known as the Australian Natio...
    , Australia, operates the station at Mawson
    Mawson Station

    Mawson Station is a permanent base in Antarctica managed by the Australian Antarctic Division . It is named after the explorer, Douglas Mawson....
     (Antarctica).


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