Proba-V Companion CubeSat @ Nanosats Database

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.
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Proba-V Companion CubeSat (PVCC)