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China’s Three Gorges Dam
 
1 August 2003

China's Three Gorges dam
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Acquired 30 July 2003, this Proba shows the China's Three Gorges dam. The Project for On-Board Autonomy (Proba) is a technology demonstration mission of the European Space Agency.
CHRIS is a push-broom spectrometer capable of imaging up to 200 spectral bands in the visible range. Together with the scanning and manoeuvring capabilities of the spacecraft it supports Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) measurements used in land, sea and atmospheric observations.

Technical Information:
Instrument : Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (CHRIS)
Date of Acquisition : 30-07-2003
Instrument Features : 3 bands (466nm, 543nm, 641nm) image, 15 m spatial resolution, 768x1010 pixels

Credits: ESA

 
 
A Chinese man fishes
A Chinese man fishes as water flows through water diversion holes of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei Province Wednesday, June 11, 2003. Some 10 water diversion holes were opened to release water. The water level of the Three Gorges Reservoir reached 135 meters (433 feet) on June 10. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Du Huaju)

Credits: Associated Press, XINHUA
 
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Artist's impression of Proba-1 in orbit
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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.

Credits: ESA
 
 
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