ESA Next Generation Radiation Monitor

The ESA Next Generation Radiation Monitor (NGRM), currently under development, will be the successor of the ESA Standard Radiation Environment Monitor (SREM) that is still measuring near-Earth and interplanetary space radiation environment onboard 6 different spacecrafts. NGRM will measure protons from 2 MeV up to 200 MeV, electrons from 100keV up to 7MeV, as well as LET spectrum of ions. Compared to SREM, NGRM will provide a much better energy resolution, will be smaller (<1L), lighter (<1kg) and consume less energy (<1W). In this paper we describe the detection concept of the NGRM, present the Monte Carlo analysis of the performance of the NGRM detector system, and describes the actual status of its development.