Engineering:PROBA satellite series
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Short description: European technology demonstration satellites
Project for On-Board Autonomy (PROBA) is a series of small satellites in low Earth orbit combining technology demonstration with operational roles in Earth observation and astronomy, operated by the European Space Agency (ESA). All PROBA satellites have been constructed in Belgium. The name is also used to refer to the bus of the satellites.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] The PROBA missions are funded through the ESA's General Support Technology Programme (GSTP).[8][9][10][11][12]
Satellites
- PROBA-1 (launched in October 2001) is testing two Earth observation instruments.
- PROBA-2 (launched in November 2009) is testing instruments for Sun observation and space weather monitoring.
- PROBA-V (launched in May 2013) performed daily monitoring of global vegetation growth.
- PROBA-V CubeSat Companion (launched in October 2023) is testing the PROBA-V instrument on a smaller CubeSat platform.
- PROBA-3 (launched in December 2024) is a dual-probe mission testing high-precision formation flying for coronagraphy of the Sun.
Satellites based on the PROBA bus
- ΣYNDEO‑3 (launch planned for 2026) is a technology demonstration satellite for EU.
- ALTIUS (launch planned for 2027) will monitor stratospheric ozone.[13]
See also
- List of European Space Agency programs and missions
- Jason satellite series
References
- ↑ "Proba Series - ESA". https://www.satnow.com/space-mission-organization-series/proba-series.
- ↑ "Proba Missions" (in en). https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Proba_Missions.
- ↑ Decourt, Rémy (6 June 2006). "Les satellites PROBA de l'ESA : démonstrateurs de technologies d'avenir" (in fr). https://www.futura-sciences.com/sciences/actualites/univers-satellites-proba-esa-demonstrateurs-technologies-avenir-9049/.
- ↑ PROBA satellites still going strong
- ↑ "PROBA" (in en). https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/proba-1.htm.
- ↑ "Proba "spacecraft family" small autonomous satellites - a Belgian innovative export product". https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2004ESASP.571E..19B.
- ↑ "PROBA-V - Earth Online". https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/missions/proba-v.
- ↑ Information Session: General Support Technology Programme (GSTP)
- ↑ "WMO OSCAR Details for Satellite Programme: PROBA". https://space.oscar.wmo.int/satelliteprogrammes/view/proba.
- ↑ Proba, an ESA technology demonstration mission, results after 3 years in orbit
- ↑ "Platform Record: ESA Project for On-Board Autonomy (Proba)". https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/d8975d3289c645be956b2a4bdb77efa1/.
- ↑ "Technological Support (GSTP) | European Space Agency (ESA) | Space Research and Applications | Belspo" (in en). https://www.belspo.be/belspo/space/esa_gstp_en.stm.
- ↑ ALTIUS: HIGH PERFORMANCE LIMB TRACKER, BASED ON A PROBA PLATFORM
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