Facts and figures
| Proba-2 | |
|---|---|
| Launch: | 2 November 2009 (auxiliary passenger of SMOS) |
| Launcher: | Rockot |
| Launch site: | Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia |
| Orbit: | Altitude between 700 km and 800 km, Sun-synchronous, Inclination 98.298 degrees |
| Attitude control: | Sun-pointing with automatic manoeuvring |
| Nominal life: | 2 years |
| Size: | 600 x 700 x 850 mm |
| Mass: | 130 kg |
| Power consumption: | 53–86 watts |
| RF: | S-band, 64 kbit/s uplink; 1 Mbit/s downlink |
| Mission cost: | €18 million (excluding launcher and operations) |
| Ground station, mission control and processing/archiving: | Redu (Belgium) |
| Data download to: | Redu (Belgium) and Svalbard (Norway) |
| Number of new technologies to be tested: | 17 |
| Number of scientific experiments: | 4 |
| Developed by: | Consortium led by QinetiQ Space (formerly Verhaert) nv of Belgium, a subsidiary of QinetiQ (GB) |
Last update: 4 October 2010
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