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The city of Naples (Italy) and its gulf, 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 : 19-02-2003
Instrument Features : panchromatic image, 5 m spatial resolution, 1000x1000 pixels