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Satellite Programme: Project for On-Board Autonomy
Programme details
Programme description
Series of minisatellite technology demonstration missions
Framed in the ESA's General Support Technology Programme (GSTP), with the objective to address issues of on-board operational autonomy of a generic platform.
The platforms are actively stabilised over 3 axes.
The design life time of the satellites is 2.5 years.
Sunsynchronous orbits with various ECT, depending on the specific mission.
See detailed description at
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Technology/Proba_Missions
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Data circulation
Data downloading and mission management distributed between satellite and ground stations on the basis of automatic procedures. Main mission management centre in Redu (Belgium).
Data of Earth Observation interest managed by the ESA/ESRIN Earthnet service of Frascati (Rome) as Third Party Mission.
Agencies
ESA
Programme lifetime
2001 - 2030
Associated satellites and instruments
Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational , blue tag => planned
Project for On-Board Autonomy
PROBA-1
(2001-2024)
CHRIS
HRC
SREM-dose
SREM-particles
PROBA-2
(2009-2024)
DSLP
LYRA
SWAP
TPMU
PROBA-3C
(2024-2030)
CCOR
PROBA-3O
(2024-2030)
Occulter
PROBA-V
(2013-2021)
EPD
Végétation-P
PROBA-V-CC
(2023-2025)
Végétation-P