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\nESA\u2019s Proba-V minisatellite has imaged all of the Antarctic after users asked for a survey of the icy southern continent. Proba-V collected the data between November 2017 and February 2018.\n<\/p>\n
\nImagery is available at 1 km, 300 m and 100 m resolution. For information on how to access it, click here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n \nLaunched on 7 May 2013, Proba-V<\/a> is a miniaturised ESA satellite tasked with a full-scale mission: to map land cover and vegetation growth across the entire planet every two days.\n<\/p>\n \nIts main camera\u2019s continent-spanning 2250 km swath width collects light in the blue, red, near-infrared and mid-infrared wavebands at 300 m resolution and down to 100 m resolution in its central field of view.\n<\/p>\n \nVITO Remote Sensing in Belgium processes and then distributes Proba-V data to users worldwide. An online image gallery<\/a> highlights some of the mission\u2019s most striking images so far, including views of storms, fires and deforestation.\n<\/p>\n \nMonday 7 May will mark Proba-V\u2019s fifth anniversary in space. At the end of this month a symposium<\/a> will bring researchers together to discuss the work being performed using the minisatellite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \nESA’s Proba-V minisatellite has imaged all of the Antarctic after users asked for a survey of the icy southern continent. Proba-V collected the data between November 2017 and February 2018.\n<\/p>\n \nImagery is available at 1 km, 300 m and 100 m resolution. For information on how to access it, click here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n \nLaunched on 7 May 2013, Proba-V<\/a> is a miniaturised ESA satellite tasked with a full-scale mission: to map land cover and vegetation growth across the entire planet every two days.\n<\/p>\n \nIts main camera’s continent-spanning 2250 km swath width collects light in the blue, red, near-infrared and mid-infrared wavebands at 300 m resolution and down to 100 m resolution in its central field of view.\n<\/p>\n \nVITO Remote Sensing in Belgium processes and then distributes Proba-V data to users worldwide. An online image gallery<\/a> highlights some of the mission’s most striking images so far, including views of storms, fires and deforestation.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n