Observational Challenges on the ISS: A Case Study with CALET
Creators: name: Cannady, Nicholas
name: Adriani, Oscar
name: Akaike, Yosui
name: Asano, Katsuaki
name: Aaoka, Yoichi
name: Berti, Eugenio
name: Bigongiari, Gabriele
name: Binns, Walter Robert
name: Bongi, Massimo
name: Brogi, Paolo
name: Bruno, Alessandro
name: Cannady, Nicholas Wade
name: Castellini, Guide
name: Checchia, Caterina
name: Cherry, Walter Robert
name: Collazuol, Gianmaria
name: De Nolfo, Georgia A.
name: Ebisawa, Ken
name: Ficklin, Anthony W.
name: Fuke, Hideyuki
name: Gonzi, Sandro
name: Guzik, T. Gregory
name: Hams, Thomas
name: Hibino, Kinya
name: Ichimura, Masakatsu
name: Ioka, Kunihito
name: Ishizaki, Wataru
name: Israel, Martin H.
name: Kasahara, Katsumasa
name: Kataoka, Jun
name: Kataoka, Ryuho
name: Katayose, Yusaku
name: Kato, Chihiro
name: Kawanaka, Norita
name: Kawakubo, Yuta
name: Kobayashi, Kenko
name: Kohri, Kazunori
name: Krawczynski, Henric S.
name: Krizmanic, John F.
name: Maestro, Paolo
name: Marrocchesi, Pier Simone
name: Messineo, Alberto Maria
name: Mitchell, Jason W.
name: Miyake, Shoko
name: Moiseev, Alexander
name: Mori, Masaki
name: Mori, Nicola
name: Motz, Holger Martin
name: Munakata, Kazuoki
name: Nakahira, Satoshi
name: Nishimura, Jun
name: Okuno, Shoji
name: Ormes, Jonathan
name: Ozawa, Shunsuke
name: Pacini, Lorenzo
name: Pacini, Paolo
name: Rauch, Brian Flint
name: Ricciarini, Ricciarini
name: Sakai, Kazuhiro
name: Sakamoto, Takanori
name: Sasaki, Makoto
name: Shimizu, Yuki
name: Shiomi, Atsushi
name: Spillantini, Piero
name: Stolzi, Francesco
name: Sugita, Satoshi
name: Sulaj, Arta
name: Takita, Masato
name: Tamura, Tadahisa
name: Terasawa, Toshio
name: Torii, Shoji
name: Tsunesada, Yoshiki
name: Uchihori, Yukio
name: Vannuccini, Elena
name: Wefel, John P.
name: Yamaoka, Kazutaka
name: Yanagita, Shohei
name: Yoshida, Atsumasa
name: Yoshida, Kenji
name: Zober, Wolfgang V.
Publisher: name: Proceedings of Science
Year: 2023

description: 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2023), 26 July - 3 August, 2023, Nagoya, Japan
description: The International Space Station (ISS) provides an orbital platform for astrophysical missions with lower resource requirements than free-flying satellites. The many uses of the ISS, how7 keVever, can produce unique challenges to the accurate analysis of the data acquired by these instruments. In this work, we present effects observed by the Calorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET), an astroparticle physics mission installed on the Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility of the ISS. The CALET calorimeter is sensitive to cosmic-ray electrons and gamma rays from ~1 GeV up to above 10 TeV, and to cosmic-ray hadrons up to ~PeV total energies. The CALET Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (CGBM) is sensitive to X-rays and low-energy gamma rays from 7 keV to 20 MeV. Furthermore, ultra-heavy galactic cosmic-ray (UHGCRs) abundances are measured by CALET using a much more open geometry than is possible for events which shower in the instrument. In this work, we discuss ISS-related issues that affect the observations by CALET. Here we detail the ways these effects are accounted for in the production of scientific results. Finally, the possible impact on future missions such as TIGERISS (Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder for the International Space Station; planned for deployment to the ISS in 2026) and mitigation strategies are discussed.