Technology demonstration

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ProbaThe Proba satellites are part of ESA's In-orbit Technology Demonstration Programme: missions dedicated to the demonstration of innovative technologies. The Proba satellites are among the smallest spacecraft ever to be flown by ESA, but they are making a big impact in the field of space technology. There is no traditional flight control team for Proba missions. They are designed to operate virtually unaided, performing everyday tasks like navigation and payload and resource management with little involvement by engineers. Proba-1, -2 and -V are controlled by ESA's Operations team from Redu station in Belgium.OPS-SATOPS-SAT is devoted to demonstrating drastically improved mission control capabilities that will arise when satellites can fly more powerful on-board computers. It consists of a tiny satellite that is only 30cm high but it contains an experimental computer that is ten times more powerful than any current ESA spacecraft.

Technology demonstration

Technology demonstration missions at ESA

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ÁBHAR CARTLAINNE: 01 SAMH. 2009

Proba-1 operations

Editor's note: This page is no longer being updated, but will be preserved as a record. Click here for the latest information on Proba-1.ESA's Proba (Project for On-Board Autonomy) satellite was originally launched as a technology demonstration mission, funded within the frame of ESA's General Support Technology Programme and providing in-orbit demonstration and evaluation of new hardware, software, on-board operational autonomy and new Earth observation and space environment monitoring instruments.

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ÁBHAR CARTLAINNE: 01 SAMH. 2009

Proba-2 operations

Editor's note: This page is no longer being updated, but will be preserved as a record. Click here for the latest information on Proba-2.ESA's second Proba (PROject for on-Board Autonomy) satellite is demonstrating in orbit a large number of new technologies.

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Proba-3 operations

Proba-3 is ESA’s formation flying technology demonstrator mission. A pair of satellites will form and maintain the equivalent of a ‘large rigid structure’ in space for up to six hours at a time. In doing so, they will demonstrate high-precision formation flying technologies, generate predictable, prolonged solar eclipses for scientific study of the Sun’s corona, and conduct close-proximity and rendezvous experiments with future applications in Earth orbit and beyond.

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ÁBHAR CARTLAINNE: 15 AIBR. 2013

About Proba-V

Editor's note: This page is no longer being updated, but will be preserved as a record. Click here for the latest information on Proba-V.Proba-V is a miniaturised ESA satellite tasked with a full-scale mission: to map land cover and vegetation growth across the entire planet every two days.

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