PROBA

Belgium/ESA

International Sat. n°:

Belgian satellite n° 1:

Project for On Board Autonomy

Launch data:

Designation	26958 / 01049B
Launch date	22 Oct 2001 - 04:53 UT
Launch site	Sriharikota
Launch vehicle	PSLV (#6)
Mission	Remote sensing/technology (C)
Earth orbit:
Perigee/Apogee	553 / 677 km
Inclination	97.91°
Period	97.00 min

1e Belgien satellite for ESA.
Will conduct autonomous science observations on requests from Earth stations.
The higher orbit for Proba was achieved by firing the reaction control thrusters of the PSLV's fourth stage.

Specifications

Prime contractor	Verhaert Design & Development (Kruibeke, Belgium)
Platform	MiniSIL
Mass at launch	94 kg
Mass in orbit
Payload mass	25 kg
Dimension	0.8 x 0.6 x 0.6 m
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime	3 years

Has a 25 m resolution spectrometer named Chris (Compact High resolution Imaging Spectrometer; 14 kg; designed and developed by Sira Electro-Optics of the UK), a radiation (SREM) and dust (DEBIE) detectors and 2 micro cameras (WAC (18 m resolution) and HRC (8 m resolution)).

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