PROBA satellite series

Short description: European technology demonstration satellites

PROBA-3 in cleanroom

Project for On-Board Autonomy (PROBA) is a series of small satellites in low Earth orbit combining technology demonstration with operational roles in Earth observation and astronomy, operated by the European Space Agency (ESA). All PROBA satellites have been constructed in Belgium. The name is also used to refer to the bus of the satellites.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] The PROBA missions are funded through the ESA's General Support Technology Programme (GSTP).[8][9][10][11][12]

## Contents

* 1 Satellites
* 2 Satellites based on the PROBA bus
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Satellites

* PROBA-1 (launched in October 2001) is testing two Earth observation instruments.
* PROBA-2 (launched in November 2009) is testing instruments for Sun observation and space weather monitoring.
* PROBA-V (launched in May 2013) performed daily monitoring of global vegetation growth.
* PROBA-V CubeSat Companion (launched in October 2023) is testing the PROBA-V instrument on a smaller CubeSat platform.
* PROBA-3 (launched in December 2024) is a dual-probe mission testing high-precision formation flying for coronagraphy of the Sun.

## Satellites based on the PROBA bus

* ΣYNDEO‑3 (launch planned for 2026) is a technology demonstration satellite for EU.
* ALTIUS (launch planned for 2027) will monitor stratospheric ozone.[13]

## See also

* List of European Space Agency programs and missions
* Jason satellite series

## References

1. ↑ "Proba Series - ESA". https://www.satnow.com/space-mission-organization-series/proba-series.
2. ↑ "Proba Missions" (in en). https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Proba_Missions.
3. ↑ Decourt, Rémy (6 June 2006). "Les satellites PROBA de l'ESA : démonstrateurs de technologies d'avenir" (in fr). https://www.futura-sciences.com/sciences/actualites/univers-satellites-proba-esa-demonstrateurs-technologies-avenir-9049/.
4. ↑ PROBA satellites still going strong
5. ↑ "PROBA" (in en). https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/proba-1.htm.
6. ↑ "Proba "spacecraft family" small autonomous satellites - a Belgian innovative export product". https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2004ESASP.571E..19B.
7. ↑ "PROBA-V - Earth Online". https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/missions/proba-v.
8. ↑ Information Session: General Support Technology Programme (GSTP)
9. ↑ "WMO OSCAR Details for Satellite Programme: PROBA". https://space.oscar.wmo.int/satelliteprogrammes/view/proba.
10. ↑ Proba, an ESA technology demonstration mission, results after 3 years in orbit
11. ↑ "Platform Record: ESA Project for On-Board Autonomy (Proba)". https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/d8975d3289c645be956b2a4bdb77efa1/.
12. ↑ "Technological Support (GSTP) | European Space Agency (ESA) | Space Research and Applications | Belspo" (in en). https://www.belspo.be/belspo/space/esa_gstp_en.stm.
13. ↑ ALTIUS: HIGH PERFORMANCE LIMB TRACKER, BASED ON A PROBA PLATFORM

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European Space Agency

| Spaceports|

* Guiana Space Centre
* Esrange

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Launch vehicles|

* Ariane 5
* Ariane 6
* Arianespace Soyuz
* Vega

Facilities|

* Space Operations Centre
* Space Research and Technology Centre
* ESA Centre for Earth Observation
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* Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility

Communications|

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Programmes|

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* Orion
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* Science Programme
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* Cosmic Vision
* Pride

Predecessors|

* European Launcher Development Organisation
* European Space Research Organisation

Related topics|

* Arianespace
* ESA Television
* EUMETSAT
* European Space Camp
* GEWEX
* Planetary Science Archive

Projects and missions

Science|

| Solar physics|

* ISEE-2 (1977–87)
* Ulysses (1990–2009)
* SOHO (1995–present)
* Cluster II (2000–present)
* Solar Orbiter (2020)
* Lagrange (2020s)

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Planetary science|

* Giotto (1985–92)
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* Mars Express (2003–present)
* Rosetta/Philae (2004–16)
* Venus Express (2005–14)
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* BepiColombo (2018–present)
* Rosalind Franklin rover (2020)
* Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (2022)
* Comet Interceptor (2028)

Astronomy and
cosmology

* Cos-B (1975–82)
* IUE (1978–96)
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* Euclid (2022)
* PLATO (2026)
* ARIEL (2028)
* ATHENA (2031)
* LISA (2034)

Earth observation|

* Copernicus (1988–)
* Meteosat First Generation (1977–97)
* ERS-1 (1991–2000)
* ERS-2 (1995–2011)
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* CryoSat-2 (2010–present)
* Swarm (2013–present)
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* Sentinel-2 / 2A / 2B (2015–present)
* Sentinel-3 / 3A / 3B (2016–present)
* Sentinel-5 Precursor (2017–present)
* ADM-Aeolus (2018–present)
* Biomass (2022)
* EarthCARE (2022)
* MetOp-SG-A (2022)
* FLEX (2023)
* Meteosat Third Generation (Sentinel-4) (2023)
* MetOp-SG-B (2023)
* SMILE (2023)
* FORUM (2026)

ISS spaceflight|

* ISS contribution (1998–present)
* Columbus (2008–present)
* Jules Verne (2008)
* Cupola (2010–present)
* Johannes Kepler (2011)
* Edoardo Amaldi (2012)
* Albert Einstein (2013)
* Georges Lemaître (2014)
* European Robotic Arm (2020)

Telecommunications|

* GEOS 2 (1978)
* Olympus-1 (1989–93)
* Artemis (2001–present)
* GIOVE-A (2005–present)
* GIOVE-B (2008–present)
* HYLAS-1 (2010–present)
* Galileo IOV (2011–present)
* Galileo FOC (2014–present)
* EGNOS
* European Data Relay System (2016–present)

Technology
demonstrators

* ARD (1998)
* PROBA-1 (2001–present)
* YES2 (2007)
* PROBA-2 (2009–present)
* PROBA-V (2013–present)
* IXV (2015)
* LISA Pathfinder (2015–17)
* OPS-SAT (2019)
* PROBA-3 (2021)
* AIDA (2023)

Cancelled and proposed|

* ALTIUS
* Ariane 5 ME
* Columbus Man-Tended Free Flyer
* CSTS
* Darwin Mission
* Don Quijote
* e.Deorbit
* EChO
* Eddington
* EnVision
* EXPERT
* Hermes
* Hopper
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* Luna 27
* Lunar Lander
* Marco Polo
* MarcoPolo-R
* Mars sample return mission
* ODINUS
* SPICA
* STE-QUEST
* THESEUS
* THOR
* XIPE

Failed|

* Cluster
* CryoSat-1
* GEOS 1
* Schiaparelli EDM

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