# VENuS (Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New MicroSatellite)
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## Specifications
- **operator**: isa-israel
- **current status**: extended
- **actual launch**: 2017-08-02
- **orbit type**: Sun-synchronous, 720 km, 2-day repeat
- **platform**: imps-bus
- **launch vehicle**: arianespace-vega
- **swath km**: 28
- **revisit days**: 2
- **tasking supported**: false
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: isa-israel
- **attributes**: {"operator":"isa-israel","current_status":"extended","actual_launch":"2017-08-02","orbit_type":"Sun-synchronous, 720 km, 2-day repeat","platform":"imps-bus","launch_vehicle":"arianespace-vega","swath_km":28,"revisit_days":2,"tasking_supported":false}

## Editorial
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.[^wmo-venus-satellite] 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.[^wmo-vssc] 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.[^wmo-venus-satellite][^wmo-vssc]

## Compositional position
- VENuS (Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New MicroSatellite) --[mission_payloads]--> vssc (products)
- VENuS (Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New MicroSatellite) --[mission_buses]--> imps-bus (products)
- VENuS (Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New MicroSatellite) --[related]--> venus-ihet (products)
- VENuS (Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New MicroSatellite) --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)
- VENuS (Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New MicroSatellite) --[related-topic]--> crop-phenology (topics)
- VENuS (Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New MicroSatellite) --[related-topic]--> crop-stress (topics)
- VENuS (Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New MicroSatellite) --[related-topic]--> crop-type (topics)

## Sources
- [wmo-venus-satellite] | WMO OSCAR satellite record: VENuS | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/satellites/view/vens | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21
- [wmo-vssc] | WMO OSCAR instrument record: VSSC | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/instruments/view/vssc | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21
- [wikipedia-venus] | VENuS mission overview | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VEN%CE%BCS | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21

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