隨著衛星科技的進步與發展，了解太空輻射對衛星本體及太空人進行任務時所可能產生的危害益發重要。這些輻射於太陽質子事件發生時可傳到地球之同步軌道，帶來大量大於10MeV的高能帶電粒子。
在2012年3月7日發生了這十二年以來最強的太陽質子事件。我們發現，在ARTEMIS衛星中，靜電分析儀與固態望遠鏡所量測到的微分能量通量數據，在接近的時間點也有與之相同提升的趨勢。雖然GOES衛星所量測的能量範圍與ARTEMIS衛星不同，但這可能意味著太陽質子事件能夠影響到地球磁尾，且量測到了經由打在衛星或太空船上所產生的二次粒子。若將太陽質子事件期間所量測到的能量轉換成相對應的輻射劑量，對於進行任務的太空人以及衛星儀器而言，其承受之風險也是一項重要議題。

The year 2012 has been a year which is active in solar-activity due to the approaching of the solar maximum year. The solar proton event (SPE) occurred on March 7^th, 2012 is the strongest SPE for the past twelve years.
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