VENμS

Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New Micro-Satellite (VENμS) is a near polar Sun-synchronous orbit microsatellite.

Scientific mission requirements were defined by Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la BIOsphère, France, and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, and CNES.

The points will be rescanned every 2 days for the entire duration of the mission where it will collect sensory and imagery data.

Some of the objectives from the scientific mission are: The satellite is equipped with a Super Spectral Camera comprises a catadioptric optical system, a focal plane assembly with narrow band filters, and 4 detector units with 3 separate CCD-TDI array.

[11] Venus satellite will have dual propulsion system: Hydrazine for orbit insertion and Xenon for the technological mission.

VENμS Hall effect thruster