PROBA-V CubeSat Companion
| Operator | European Space Agency |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 2023-155K |
| SATCAT no. | 58025 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | 12U CubeSat |
| Manufacturer | Aerospacelab |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 9 October 2023 |
| Rocket | Vega |
| Launch site | Guiana Space Centre |
The PROBA-V CubeSat Companion (PVCC) is a technology demonstration and Earth observation satellite by the European Space Agency (ESA).[1][2][3][4] It is hosting one spectral imager, a spare unit built for the PROBA-V's Vegetation instrument (VGT). The VGT instrument itself was originally developed for the French SPOT satellites. PVCC's goal is to test the abilities of a small CubeSat platform using a well-understood instrument and to cross-calibrate its vegetation growth observations with the Copernicus programme's Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 missions.[5][6][7] PVCC was launched on the Vega rocket flight VV23 in October 2023.[8][9][10]
See also
References
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- ^ Collaud, Xavier; Viitalà, Mikko; Billast, Maud (2025-03-21). "Proba-V companion CubeSat (PVCC) mission first light and commissioning". In Petrozzi-Ilstad, Max (ed.). Small Satellites Systems and Services Symposium (4S 2024). SPIE. p. 31. doi:10.1117/12.3061321. ISBN 978-1-5106-8894-0.