Cosmic radiation monitoring at low-Earth orbit by means of thermoluminescence and plastic nuclear track detectors

For both missions, dose characteristics can differ by a factor of about 2, depending on the location. Due to higher altitude and limited shielding, absorbed dose and dose equivalent inside BION-M1 are significantly higher than inside ISS - whereas inside ISS the maximal value of measured dose equivalent rate was about 1 mSv/day, inside BION-M1 it exceeded 3 mSv/day. Outside the capsule it was about two times higher than inside the capsule.