Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
PROBA2 is the second satellite in the European Space Agency’s series of PROBA low-cost satellites that are being used to validate new spacecraft technologies while also carrying scientific instruments. PROBA2 is a small satellite (130 kg) developed under an ESA General Support Technology Program (GSTP) contract by a Belgian consortium led by Verhaert (Kruibeke Belgium).