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PROBA-V Companion CubeSat
ESA Earth observation follow-on satellite. PROBA-V Companion CubeSat was launched on October 9, 2023 aboard a Vega from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2023-155KNORAD 58025European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- PVCC
- Common name
- PROBA-V Companion CubeSat
- Payload designation
- Proba-V Companion Cubesat
- International designator
- 2023-155K
- NORAD catalog number
- 58025
- GCAT identifier
- S58025
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1158
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- PROBA
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- Aerospacelab
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 12U
Launch
- Date
- October 9, 2023 · 01:36 UTC
- Launch record
- 2023-155Success
- Rocket
- Vega
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ZLV
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 565 km
- Apogee
- 568 km
- Inclination
- 97.67°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Oct 9, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 20 kg
- Dry mass
- 20 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.20 m
- Span
- 0.8 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q120078000 (CC0).