18 April 2008 The control centre for the Proba (Project for On-Board Autonomy)-1 mission is located at one of ESA’s longest-serving facilities, Redu, in Belgium. Redu station conducts operational testing of telecommunication satellites and has served for the last 40 years as a ground station, receiving scientific data from numerous missions.
25 January 2008 This image features two manmade islands – Palm Jumeirah (left) and The World – located just off the coast of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
20 July 2007 This Proba image features Australia’s capital city, Canberra. Located some 280 km southwest of Sydney and 650 km northeast of Melbourne, Canberra was chosen as the nation’s capital location in 1908.
Proba will hook into Internet