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PROBA-2
ESA technology demonstration satellite. PROBA-2 was launched on November 2, 2009 aboard a Rokot from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2009-059BNORAD 36037European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- PROBA-2
- Payload designation
- Proba-2
- International designator
- 2009-059B
- NORAD catalog number
- 36037
- GCAT identifier
- S36037
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/619
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- PROBA
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- Verheart Design and Development NV (VDD)
- Platform (bus)
- Proba
Launch
- Date
- November 2, 2009 · 01:50 UTC
- Launch record
- 2009-059Success
- Rocket
- Rokot
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC133/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 710 km
- Apogee
- 728 km
- Inclination
- 98.31°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2026
Size
- Mass
- 130 kg
- Dry mass
- 130 kg
- Length
- 0.8 m
- Diameter
- 0.60 m
- Span
- 1.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q742155 (CC0).