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Proba-V launched with success

Proba-V has been launched successfully from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 6 May at 23:06 local time. The Vega launcher has flawlessly delivered Proba-V into its planned Sun-synchronous circular orbit at 820 km altitude and an inclination of 98.73°. More info can be found at: http://proba-v.vgt.vito.be/.

ImagineS is going to use Proba-V data to derive geophysical variables to monitor the vegetation growth over the globe at 300m resolution with the objective to start a pre-operational production in the Copernicus Global Land Service by Spring 2014 over Europe.