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The aim of the ESA study on concepts for demonstration of advanced techniques and technologies on an EO (“Earth Observation”) small mission is to identify, assess and trade-off ideas for EO missions which are compatible with implementation on a small satellite such as PROBA-3, and which may benefit from Formation Flying using the PROBA-3 mission as reference. The output of the study will comprise a definition of a mission and required developments, along with estimated mission cost. In addition, and because the PROBA-3 mission has some capacity for implementing an additional payload, the study will identify such a payload of opportunity along with its required development and cost which can take advantage of the PROBA-3 orbit and possibly its Formation Flying opportunities. The study is led by Astrium Satellites Ltd, with support from Astrium SAS, Astrium GmbH, ENVEO, GMV and Verhaert Space.
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Sephton, T., Wishart, A., Strauch, K., Teston, F. (2008). EO Formation Flying Applications for Small Satellite Missions. In: Sandau, R., Röser, HP., Valenzuela, A. (eds) Small Satellites for Earth Observation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6943-7_14
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