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VENuS (Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New MicroSatellite)
Compiled from public sources on 2026-06-21. Not independently verified by Israel Space Agency.
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VENuS is a high-resolution land and vegetation monitoring microsatellite launched in 2017 into a 720 km Sun-synchronous orbit with a 10:30 descending equator crossing and a two-day repeat.[1] Its Earth-observation payload is the VENuS SuperSpectral Camera, a 12-channel VNIR pushbroom instrument with 5.3 m ground sampling and a 28 km swath.[2] The mission supports vegetation, crop, and land-cover applications through frequent high-resolution multispectral imaging, while a separate technology payload flies on the same spacecraft.[1][2]
Full specification
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| current status | extended |
| operator | Israel Space Agency |
| platform | imps-bus |
| launch vehicle | arianespace-vega |
| Launched | 2017-08-02 |
| orbit type | Sun-synchronous, 720 km, 2-day repeat |
| swath km | 28 |
| revisit days | 2 |
| tasking supported | false |
| Last updated | 2026-06-21 |
| claim status | agency-sourced |
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Sources
- [1]WMO OSCAR satellite record: VENuSagency doc2026-06-21
- [2]WMO OSCAR instrument record: VSSCagency doc2026-06-21
- [3]VENuS mission overviewcommunity2026-06-21