Spacetrack Directory Name | PROBA-2 |
Alternative name | PROJECT FOR ONBOARD AUTONOMY-2 |
Follow PROBA-2 | PROBA-2 Tracker |
Pass predictions PROBA-2 | Pass predictions PROBA-2 |
Orbit launches | 2009-11-02 g.01:00 (15 years ago) |
Days in orbit | 5501 |
Starting point | PLMSC (Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia) |
WWW | Here |
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Perigee | 706 km |
Apogee | 725 km |
Orbit slope (inclination) | 98.23° |
Laps per day | 15 |
Orbit | LEO (Sun-Synchronous) |
Height PROBA-2 | 724.79 km |
PROBA-2 is the second satellite in the European Space Agency's series of PROBA low-cost satellites that are being used to validate new spacecraft technologies while also carrying scientific instruments. PROBA-2 is a small satellite (130 kg) developed under an ESA General Support Technology Program (GSTP) contract by a Belgian consortium led by Verhaert (now QinetiQ Space) of Kruibeke, Belgium. The nominal mission duration was two years. As of 2019, the mission continues.
satellite PROBA-2 Date of exalting 02.11.2009y. Average height of ISS PROBA-2 hundred 724.79 km. Average velocity PROBA-2 is 26979.84 km/h. Inclination PROBA-2 satellite 98.23°.
In the table below we show the frequencies PROBA-2.
Downlink | Mode |
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2235.000 MHz | BPSK |