Payload (satellite)
PROBA-2
PROBA-2 is a satellite launched 2009-11-02 by European Space Agency.
About
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 of Kruibeke, Belgium. The nominal mission duration was two years. As of 2022, the mission continues.
Right now
Dotted: where it has been. Solid: the next orbit and a half. Orbit data from CelesTrak, map from NASA Blue Marble. All credits
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Facts
NORAD ID36037
International designator2009-059B
TypePayload (satellite)
StatusOperational
OwnerEuropean Space Agency
Launch date2009-11-02
Launch sitePlesetsk, Russia
Orbital period99 min
Inclination98.25°
Apogee718 km
Perigee701 km