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PROBA V-CC (PVCC)
PROBA V-CC [ESA]
PROBA-V-CC or PVCC (Project for On-Board Autonomy - Vegetation - Companion CubeSat) is a mission that will fly a scaled-down version of the vegetation-monitoring instrument aboard the Earth-observing PROBA-V to conduct combined experimental observations with its predecessor.
Aerospacelab is the prime contractor for the mission with OIP being a subcontractor, responsible for providing the Proba-V spare spectral imager. The satellite is built on a 12U CubeSat
As part of this effort, PROBA-V-CC will house a single telescope version of the Vegetation imager, which was left over from the Proba-V development. The two missions will conduct joint observations to evaluate how well the instrument performs on a smaller, less expensive platform.
Aerospacelab will also gain operational experience that will be applied to its planned constellation of small geospatial satellites.
| Nation: | Europe |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | ESA |
| Contractors: | Aerospacenet (prime); OIP Space Systems (payload) |
| Equipment: | VGT |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (12U) |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 1 year (design) |
| Mass: | 18 kg |
| Orbit: | 564 km SSO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROBA V-CC (PVCC) | 2023-155K | 09.10.2023 | Ko ELV | Vega | with THEOS 2, TRITON, PROBA V-CC, CSC 1, 2, MACSAT, ANSER L, F1, F2, ESTCube 2, N3SS, PRETTY |
References:
- Aerospacelab: Aerospacelab to launch Earth observation satellite for ESA, December 2022
