Author: SPINE

  • Prediction of Adverse effects of Geomagnetic storms and Energetic Radiation (PAGER) project

    Y. Y. Shprits, T. Arber, M. Liemohn, O. Santolík, K. Bennett, S. Bianco, M. Burns, A. Castillo, M. G. Peñaranda, B. Haas, J. Himmelsbach, A. Smirnov, D. Wang, K.-Y. Ke, B. Tezenas du Montcel, A. Trouche, J. Forest, M. Wutzig, I. Zhelavskaya, A. Saikin, A. Drozdov, J. Amaya, A. Glover, N. B. Crosby, D. Pitchford,…

  • Investigation of charging mechanisms in PEO with SPIS simulation tool

    J. Forest, B. Tezenas du Montcel, B. Jeanty-Ruard, A. Trouche, A. Hilgers, and D. Cooke, Investigation of charging mechanisms in PEO with SPIS simulation tool, Trans. Plasma Sci., vol. PP, no. 99, pp. 1–1, 2026. DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2026.3681598

  • From space weather to spacecraft anomalies: Validating PAGER’s internal charging models in GEO

    B. Tezenas du Montcel, A. M. Castillo Tibocha, D. Pitchford, A. Trouche, B. Jeanty-Ruard, D. Wang, J. Forest, and Y. Y. Shprits, From space weather to spacecraft anomalies: Validating PAGER’s internal charging models in GEO, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 866–875, 2026. DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2026.3658804

  • New release candidate version 6.2.5 for SPIS

    A new SPIS release candidate version for surface charging and electrical propulsion is available. You can find below the improvements since the last release candidate version 6.2.4. Changelog Changed Fixed Download You can download the release candidate through the usual downloads page: Download SPIS

  • Presentation and validation of the internal charging risk forecast in the PAGER framework

    B. Tezenas du Montcel, A. Trouche, I. Michaelis, B. Jeanty-Ruard, M. Wutzig, J. Forest, and Y. Y. Shprits, Presentation and validation of the internal charging risk forecast in the PAGER framework, Adv. Space Res., vol. 72, no. 9, pp. 3666–3676, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2023.07.047

  • 30th SPINE announcement

    The 30th SPINE workshop will take place from December 6th 14:00 until December 8th 14:00 2023 in ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands.  Contributions are welcome in all topics of interest for the European spacecraft/plasma community at large. For the 30th edition contributions covering the following domains are encouraged : Contributions addressing all other aspects such as : are also welcome. The registration and abstract…

  • How to contribute to the community ?

    This page presents how you can contribute to the SPINE community. If you are looking for informations on how to contribute to the source code, you can directly go here. Enrich the community website This website is a community website and you can participate to it through various elements: To propose a FAQ entry, a…

  • How to submit a contribution ?

    This post details how you can submit a contribution to the SPINE website, see “How to contribute to the community ?” for relevant details on type of contributions. First of all, you need to be connected by clicking on the LOGIN button on the top tool-bar. Then, you should see the contribution tool-bar on top…

  • How to compile SPIS ?

    In order to extend, correct or adapt SPIS, it is also possible to rebuild the whole software from the source codes by re-compilation. With its version 5.0, the design of SPIS has been deeply reviewed, with a new architecture fully based on an OSGi based approach. The compilation, packaging and deployment procedures have fully reviewed…

  • How to contribute to source code ?

    The contribution of open-source projects of the SPINE community is open to all registered SPINE member. Contribution is understood here for all elements relative to the open-source projects hosted by SPINE, including but not limited to software components, documentations, input data and reference results. However, in order to maintain the software quality and allow a…