VENμS
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Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New Micro-Satellite (VENμS) is a near polar Sun-synchronous orbit microsatellite. It is a joint project of the Israeli Space Agency and CNES. The project was signed upon in April 2005[5] and was launched on the 2nd of August 2017.[4] The microsatellite, which was set to cost the ISA US$20 million and CNES €10 million, was designed and built by IAI and Rafael under ISA's supervision.
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Mission type | Earth observation Technology |
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Operator | ISA/CNES |
COSPAR ID | 2017-044B |
SATCAT no. | 42901 |
Website | venus |
Mission duration | 4.5 years [1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | ISA[2] |
Manufacturer | IAI Rafael CNES |
Launch mass | 265 kilograms (584 lb) (wet mass, of which 23 kg are fuel)[1] |
Power | 800 watts[3] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 2 August 2017 01:58:33 [4] |
Rocket | Vega |
Launch site | Kourou |
Contractor | Arianespace |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Sun-synchronous 2 day Earth repeating |
Perigee altitude | 720 km (first phase) / 410 km (second phase) |
Apogee altitude | 720 km (first phase) / 410 km (second phase) |
Inclination | 98.27 degrees[2] |
Main | |
Name | Ritchey-Chretien telescope[3] |
Type | Cassegrain reflector |
Diameter | 0.25m[3] |
Focal length | 1.75m[3] |
Collecting area | 50 special interest sites |
Instruments | |
Super Spectral Camera (VSSC),[2] Israeli Hall Effect Thruster (IHET) [3] | |
VENμS Insignia |
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For the mission, CNES is responsible for supplying the superspectral camera and the science mission center. The ISA is responsible for the satellite control center, the technological mission and payload (Israeli Hall effect Thruster and autonomous mission), the spacecraft, and the launcher interface.[2]