PROBA-2
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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
- Mass
- 130
- Orbital period
- 99.04
- Official website
- www.esa.int/proba2
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- 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
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.0014091
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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.
==Mission summary== It was launched on 2 November 2009, with the Rockot launch system together with ESA's SMOS mission. The platform was launched in a Sun-synchronous orbit low Earth orbit (altitude of 725 km).