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IAI Improved Multi Purpose Satellite bus

Missions → VENµS (Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New MicroSatellite) (Extended operations)

Israeli micro-satellite platform used for the VENuS spacecraft.

IAI Improved Multi Purpose Satellite bus is the Israeli micro-satellite bus associated with the VENuS Earth-observation spacecraft ^[1]^[2]. VENuS was a joint CNES and Israel Space Agency mission, with Israeli-side spacecraft responsibilities and IAI and Rafael manufacturing participation in public mission summaries ^[1]^[2]. The bus-family label is ambiguous between IMPS, Improved Multi Purpose Satellite, and OPSAT 3000 ^[2]^[1]. VENuS mission records give 260 kg launch mass and 800 W spacecraft power, placing the platform in the mini class ^[1]. The spacecraft carried the VSSC superspectral camera for high-resolution land observation in sun-synchronous orbit ^[1]^[2].

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platform for VENµS (Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New MicroSatellite)

Sources

[1]WMO OSCAR satellite record: VENuSagency doc2026-06-26
[2]VENuS mission overviewcommunity2026-06-26

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@misc{eoatlas:products:bus:imps-bus,
  title = {IAI Improved Multi Purpose Satellite bus},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/products/bus/imps-bus}
}