Big Earth Imager to Be Tested on Small Vega CubeSat
Proba-V Companion CubeSat Continues Proba-V Mission
A briefcase-sized CubeSat launched by Europe’s Vega launcher Friday will gather 340 km (≈221 mile) wide views of Earth’s vegetation growth, employing a spectral imager originally designed for ESA’s decade-in-flight Proba-V.
"In the same way that Proba-V demonstrated useful imagery could be returned from a small platform, we will also be able to test whet…
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