ESA PROBA-3 MISSION
TEKEVER is also involved in the ESA PROBA-3 Mission, providing the Inter-Satellite Link critical subsystem based on GAMALINK technology for the validation of formation flying technologies. PROBA-3 is the third small satellite technology development and demonstration precursor mission within ESA’s GSTP (General Support Technology Program) series. The primary mission objective is to demonstrate the technologies required for formation flying of multiple spacecraft in the fields of space science, Earth Observation, and surveillance.
This involves the in-orbit validation of new Formation Flying (FF) techniques and technologies through a series of precision FF maneuvers, including formation acquisition, high-precision pointing, reorientation, maintenance, resizing, rotation, and slew.
Achieving precise formation flying opens up a whole new era for science and applications. Future missions could be assembled on a much larger scale. Applications of interest include Earth observation as well as in-orbit satellite servicing.
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