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PROBA

Proba

Project for On-Board Autonomy, spearheaded by ESA and CNES, was a small satellite bus to accommodate instruments previously flown on larger spacecraft. Qinetiq Space Belgium built the satellite, designed to be compatible with the Vega, Soyuz and Falcon-1e launch vehicles. Technology satellite built by Qinetiq Space Belgium (prime); OIP Space Systems (payload) for ESA, Europe. Launched 2013.

Status: Operational 2001. First Launch: 2001-10-22. Last Launch: 2013-05-07. Number: 2 . Gross mass: 94 kg (207 lb).

One launch, 2001.10.22. Proba-1) was a European Space Agency technology development minisatellite with a mass of 94 kg. It carried a radiation detector, an IR spectrometer, debris impact detectors, Earth imaging cameras, and an experimental spacecraft processor for spacecraft autonomy experiments. The satellite was built by Verheart in Belgium using the MiniSIL bus developed by SI of England, and was controlled from Belgium.

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PROBA 3 Technology satellite operated by ESA, Europe. Used 2 × Proba bus.

VNREDSat 1b Earth observation satellite built by SPACEBEL (prime) for Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST). Used Proba bus.

Family: Earth, Earth land resource sat, Surveillance. Country: Europe. Launch Vehicles: PSLV, Vega. Launch Sites: Sriharikota, Sriharikota PSLV. Agency: SIL. Bibliography: 2, 296, 6796, 12973.

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PROBA
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PROBA 3
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Proba-V
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VNREDSat 1b
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2001 October 22 - . 04:53 GMT - . Launch Site: Sriharikota. Launch Complex: Sriharikota PSLV. Launch Vehicle: PSLV.

PROBA - . Mass: 1,108 kg (2,442 lb). Nation: Europe. Agency: ISRO. Class: Earth. Type: Earth resources satellite. Spacecraft: PROBA. USAF Sat Cat: 26958 . COSPAR: 2001-049B. Apogee: 677 km (420 mi). Perigee: 553 km (343 mi). Inclination: 97.90 deg.
Proba (PRoject for On-Board Autonomy, 1) was a European Space Agency technology development minisatellite with a mass of 94 kg. It carried a radiation detector, an IR spectrometer, debris impact detectors, Earth imaging cameras, and an experimental spacecraft processor for spacecraft autonomy experiments. The satellite was built by Verheart in Belgium using the MiniSIL bus developed by SI of England, and was controlled from Belgium. After release of the TES and BIRD satellites, the PS4's upper stage small RCS engines raised the orbit to 553 x 676 km, and PROBA was ejected at 0520 GMT.

2013 May 7 - . 02:06 GMT - . Launch Site: Xichang. Launch Vehicle: Vega.

Proba-V - . Mass: 158 kg (348 lb). Nation: Europe. Class: Surveillance. Type: Surveillance satellite. Spacecraft: PROBA. USAF Sat Cat: 39159 . COSPAR: 2013-021A. Apogee: 819 km (508 mi). Perigee: 814 km (505 mi). Inclination: 98.72 deg. Period: 101.21 min. European Space Agency technology satellite; carryied the Vegetation sensor previously used on French SPOT remote sensing satellites..

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