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The Proba satellites are part of ESA’s In‑orbit Technology Demonstration Programme: missions dedicated to the demonstration of innovative technologies.
Proba News
|  | | | Seeing stars, Proba-2 platform passes its first health check
11 November 2009 Into its second week in orbit, Proba-2’s platform has proven to be in excellent health. This leaves the way clear for commissioning the many new technology payloads aboard the mini-satellite, among the smallest ever flown by ESA.
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| | | | Two new ESA satellites successfully lofted into orbit
2 November 2009 ESA PR 28-2009. The second satellite in ESA’s Earth Explorer series – the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission – and the second demonstration satellite under ESA’s Project for Onboard Autonomy (Proba-2) were launched into orbit last night from northern Russia.
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