PROBA-2
Sign in to saveAlso known as PROBA2, Project for On-Board Autonomy 2
PROBA-2 is the second satellite in the European Space Agency's series of PROBA low-cost satellites that are being used to validate new spacecraft technologies while also carrying scientific instruments. PROBA-2 is a small satellite (130 kg) developed under an ESA General Support Technology Program (GSTP) contract by a Belgian consortium led by Verhaert (now QinetiQ Space) of Kruibeke, Belgium. The nominal mission duration was two years. As of 2022, the mission continues.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- PROBA-2
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- TechnologySpace weather
- Spaceflight.operator
- European Space Agency
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 2009-059B
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 36037
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 2 years (planned) (in progress)
- Spaceflight.spacecraft_bus
- PROBA
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- Verhaert Design & Development (now QinetiQ Space)
- Spaceflight.dimensions
- 0.60m x 0.70m x 0.85m
- Spaceflight.power
- 120 watts
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Rokot/Briz-KM
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Plesetsk 133/3
- Spaceflight.orbit_epoch
- 24 January 2015, 13:01:08 UTC
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Sun-synchronous
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 98.28 degrees
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 99.12 minutes
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- artificial satellite of the Earth
- Followed by
- PROBA-V
- Follows
- PROBA-1
- Parent body
- Earth
- Mass
- 130
- Orbital period
- 99.04
- Official website
- www.esa.int/proba2
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- type of orbit
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- space launch vehicle
- Rokot
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2009-11-02
- Commons category
- Proba-2
- periapsis
- 702.95
- apoapsis
- 722.93
- orbital inclination
- 98.2314
- native label
- PROBA-2
- powered by
- spacecraft solar array
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.0014091
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Article · Italiano
PROBA-2 (Project for On Board Autonomy) è il secondo satellite della serie PROBA dell'Agenzia Spaziale Europea nel In‑orbit Technology Demonstration Programme (Programma dimostrativo di tecnologie in orbita), che si prefigge lo scopo di testare nuove tecnologie che permettano, ai futuri satelliti scientifici, di sfruttare i benefici dell'on-board autonomy, cioè la capacità di effettuare numerose operazioni in completa autonomia riducendo drasticamente le operazioni da terra.
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