 Artist's view of the PROBA-V satellite | |
| Mission type | Earth observation |
|---|---|
| Operator | European Space Agency |
| COSPAR ID | 2013-021A |
| SATCAT no. | 39159 |
| Mission duration | 2.5–5 years (planned) 11 years, 4 months and 15 days (elasped) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Manufacturer | QinetiQ Space Belgium |
| Launch mass | 158 kilograms (348 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 7 May 2013, 02:06:31 UTC |
| Rocket | Vega VV02 |
| Launch site | Kourou ELV |
| Contractor | Arianespace |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Sun-synchronous |
| Semi-major axis | 7,193.71 kilometres (4,469.96 mi)[1] |
| Eccentricity | 0.0004747[1] |
| Perigee altitude | 819 kilometres (509 mi)[1] |
| Apogee altitude | 826 kilometres (513 mi)[1] |
| Inclination | 98.68 degrees[1] |
| Period | 101.21 minutes[1] |
| Epoch | 25 January 2015, 05:31:39 UTC[1] |
PROBA-V, or PROBA-Vegetation (the V standing for vegetation and not the Roman numeral for 5), is a satellite in the European Space Agency's PROBA series. It was launched in 2013 with a predicted usable lifetime between 2.5 and 5 years.