Proba-V Companion CubeSat (PVCC)

Proba-V Companion CubeSat
Proba-V Companion CubeSat
Proba-V Companion CubeSat
Proba-V Companion CubeSat
Name Proba-V Companion CubeSat (PVCC)
Type CubeSat
Units or mass 12U
Mass in kg 18 kg
Status not launched, expected in 2023
Organisation ESA (European Space Agency)
Institution Space agency
Entity Government (Civil / Military)
Nation Belgium
Manufacturer AIVT by Aerospacelab
Operator Aerospacelab
Oneliner

Fly a cut-down version of the vegetation-monitoring instrument aboard the Earth-observing Proba-V with plans for constellation.

Description

Fly a cut-down version of the vegetation-monitoring instrument aboard the Earth-observing Proba-V to perform experimental combined observations with its predecessor.

As part of that effort, the Proba-V Companion CubeSat will host a single telescope version of the Vegetation imager, left over from Proba-V development. The two missions will perform joint observations, to evaluate how well the instrument performs on a smaller, lower-cost platform.

Aerospacelab will also gain operational experience to be applied to its planned constellation of geospatial-information-gathering small satellites.

Aerospacelab (prime contractor), VITO (subcontractor, responsible for the user segment), OIP (subcontractor, responsible for providing the Proba-V spare spectral imager), and the support of Swedish Space Corporation for the ground stations in X- and S-bands in complement to the Belgian main ground station in Redu, at the European Space Security and Education Centre. 

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COTS subsystems
  • ANTENNA - Anywaves X-Band
Subsystems sources [1]

Last modified: 2023-06-10
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