LEO Charging of the PICASSO Cubesat and Simulation of the Langmuir Probes Operation

The sweeping Langmuir probe (SLP) instrument is a payload of the European Space Agency's (ESA) in-orbit demonstrator PicoSatellite for Atmospheric and Space Science Observations (PICASSO) cubesat, measuring the plasma environment in a high-inclination low earth orbit (LEO) orbit. Because of the small size of the spacecraft (0.3 m × 0.1 m × 0.1 m), the spacecraft floating potential can significantl...