Abstract
We developed Potential Monitor (POM) which was installed on geostationary Engineering Test Satellite V (ETS-V) of Japan launched on August 27, 1987. The POM can measure the surface potentials of insulating material samples which get charged in the space environment. Three kinds of thermal control materials were used as the samples. We obtained the following observational results: ( 1 )The charging potentials increased negatively in the shadow of antenna or shunt of solar array paddle. (2)The potentials gradually increased for one year. (3)The potentials changed periodically with the temperature o f the sensing part of the POM.
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