Proba-V Companion CubeSat (PVCC, Proba V-CC)

Proba-V Companion CubeSat
Proba-V Companion CubeSat
Proba-V Companion CubeSat
Proba-V Companion CubeSat
Name Proba-V Companion CubeSat (PVCC, Proba V-CC)
Type CubeSat
Units or mass 12U
Mass in kg 18 kg
Status Operational (Twitter/X post on 2023-10-09)
Launched 2023-10-09
NORAD ID 58025
Deployer ?
Launcher Vega C (VV23)
Organisation ESA (European Space Agency)
Institution Space agency
Entity type Government (Civil / Military)
Country 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. 

Designed and built for the European Space Agency - ESA in collaboration with VITO and with the support of the Belgian Science Policy Office, Aerospacelab has developed the PVCC satellite, a demonstration mission, that will support the space community's ongoing efforts in providing insightful Earth Observation data that will be used for monitoring vegetation conditions.

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

Last modified: 2023-12-12

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