earth online
  • News
  • PROBA-V, ready to close its gr...

PROBA-V, ready to close its green eyes

26 Oct 2021

While the operational mission of the global PROBA-V mission ended on 30 June 2020 after more than 7 years in orbit, its vegetation instrument continued acquiring data over the European and African land masses in an experimental mode.

During the operational phase of the mission, PROBA-V's Vegetation (VGT) instrument provided a continuous daily picture of the state of vegetation across the majority of our planet.

As foreseen in August 2020, the closure of PROBA-V's 'green eyes' is now scheduled to occur on 31 October 2021 when the VGT instrument will cease operation.

The other instruments onboard PROBA-V will remain active, and more information about this will be announced soon.

New datasets for the mission are coming in 2022! The entire global PROBA-V archive (covering 16 October 2013 – 30 June 2020) is being reprocessed. This Collection 2 dataset will contain some important product and quality upgrades. More details about this reprocessing campaign can be found on VITO's PROBA-V website.

Tweet

newsletter

Subscribe to our newsletter to receive highlights of recent news from Earth Online

Cookies & Privacy

We use cookies which are essential for you to access our website and to provide you with our services and allow us to measure and improve the performance of our website. Please consult our Cookie Notice for further information or to change your preferences.