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Small satellites take centre stage at international symposium

26 September 2006

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This artist's impression shows ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft passing over the lunar South Pole with the Earth visible in the background.

Credits: ESA - C.Carreau

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Proba-1, Project for On Board Autonomy, demonstrates the potential and feasibility of small satellites for advanced scientific and Earth Observation missions.

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The snow-dusted peak of the Kliuchevskoi volcano casts a clear shadow in this image, acquired on 18 November 2005 by the Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (CHRIS) onboard ESA's Proba satellite. The mountain is the tallest as well as one of the most active volcanoes in Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

Credits: ESA through SSTL

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The seventh Small Satellite Systems and Services Symposium (4S Symposium) on the use of small, low-cost satellites, is being held from 25 to 29 September 2006 in Chia Laguna, Sardinia.

Credits: ESA