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Proba-V opens its eyes17 May 2013
Proba-V opens its eyes17 May 2013 Earth watcher Proba-V is in good health following its launch last week. The Vegetation imager has been switched on and the first image has been captured over western France.
Proba-V debuts new semiconductor technology for space03 May 2013 When the Proba-V minisatellite is launched into orbit tonight it will become Europe’s first space mission to use robust, high-power gallium nitride technology – hailed as the most promising semiconductor since silicon.
Meet the Proba-V team: Jean-Paul Malingreau, chair of the Vegetation International Users Committee 02 May 2013 Jean-Paul Malingreau has played a significant role in the Proba-V saga. He is the long-running chair of the Vegetation International Users Committee (IUC), the organisation that first raised the idea of extending Vegetation observation from the instru...
When Proba-V met Vega01 May 2013
When Proba-V met Vega01 May 2013 The Proba-V satellite and its two fellow passengers inside their shared protective fairing are carefully lowered onto the upper stage of their Vega launcher.
Meet the Proba-V team: Davy Vrancken, QinetiQ Space Project Manager29 April 2013 QinetiQ Space in Belgium is serving as prime contractor for the Proba-V mission, as it did for the previous Proba missions, and it has taken four hard-working years to get the minisatellite to this point. In that time the company’s Proba-V team has be...
Proba-V ready atop Vega launcher on pad25 April 2013
Proba-V ready atop Vega launcher on pad25 April 2013 ESA’s Proba-V and its two companion satellites are sitting on top of their Vega rocket on the launch pad, ready for a flight rescheduled to the night of 3/4 May.
