PROBA-V CubeSat Companion

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European technology demonstration CubeSat for Earth observation

PROBA-V CubeSat Companion

Operator	European Space Agency
COSPAR ID	2023-155K
SATCAT no.	58025
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	12U CubeSat
Manufacturer	Aerospacelab
Start of mission
Launch date	9 October 2023
Rocket	Vega
Launch site	Guiana Space Centre
General Support Technology Programme (GSTP) ← PRETTY PROBA-3 → PROBA satellite series ← PROBA-V PROBA-3 →

The PROBA-V CubeSat Companion (PVCC) is a technology demonstration and Earth observation satellite by the European Space Agency (ESA).^[1][2][3][4] It is hosting one spectral imager, a spare unit built for the PROBA-V's Vegetation instrument (VGT). The VGT instrument itself was originally developed for the French SPOT satellites. PVCC's goal is to test the abilities of a small CubeSat platform using a well-understood instrument and to cross-calibrate its vegetation growth observations with the Copernicus programme's Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 missions.^[5][6][7] PVCC was launched on the Vega rocket flight VV23 in October 2023.^[8][9][10]

See also

• List of European Space Agency programmes and missions
• PROBA satellite series

References

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10. ^ Collaud, Xavier; Viitalà, Mikko; Billast, Maud (2025-03-21). "Proba-V companion CubeSat (PVCC) mission first light and commissioning". In Petrozzi-Ilstad, Max (ed.). Small Satellites Systems and Services Symposium (4S 2024). SPIE. p. 31. doi:10.1117/12.3061321. ISBN 978-1-5106-8894-0.