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‘Eye operation’ puts Proba-1 back in business
 
14 May 2012   After more than a decade in orbit, ESA’s Proba-1 was showing its age – even hibernating last winter. But a software fix to its startracker, radiation-impaired after surpassing its design lifetime fivefold, has returned the veteran Earth-observing microsatellite to full operation.
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21 November 2011   Images of some of our planet’s most beautiful features can be seen from the comfort of your Air France aircraft thanks to satellites.
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Proba-1 charting Earth’s radiation belts for a decade
 
7 November 2011   ESA’s Proba-1 recently celebrated its tenth birthday in orbit. Kept busy as an Earth-observing mission, the microsatellite has also been building a detailed picture of changes in our planet’s radiation belts.
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21 October 2011   Small but agile Proba-1 reaches 10 years in orbit
2 September 2011   ESA’s Proba-1 spies Burning Man festival
23 April 2010   Proba-1’s close-up view of Eyjafjallajökull volcano
30 March 2010   Going hyperspectral


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