Vegetation instrument

Proba-V's Vegetation imager, a lighter but fully functional redesign of the Vegetation instrument previously flown aboard France’s full-sized Spot-4 and Spot-5 satellites. This redesigned instrument has been subdivided into three telescopes with overlapping views of 34° each. The three telescopes feed through to a single set of detectors. The result at Proba-V's 820-km altitude orbit is a continent-spanning 2250 km field of view. Startrackers share the same optic bench for precision orientation of the instrument.