Sydney, Australia - HRC image - 4 November 2002

Sydney and the Opera House, Australia, seen from PROBA-1’s HRC instrument.

The Project for On-Board Autonomy (Proba) is a technology demonstration mission of the European Space Agency.

HRC is a miniaturised Cassegrain telescope imaging 25 sq km black and white scenes using the target point and store capability of the spacecraft.

Technical Information:
Instrument : High Resolution Camera (HRC)
Date of Acquisition : 04-11-2002
Instrument Features : panchromatic image, 5 m spatial resolution, 1000x1000 pixels