Wikipedia's first sentence called it “near polar sun-synchronous orbit microsatellite being jointly built by the israeli space agency and cnes”. Today it says “near polar sun-synchronous orbit microsatellite”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Earth observation microsatellite Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New Micro-Satellite ( VENμS ) is a near polar Sun-synchronous orbit microsatellite . It is a joint project of the Israeli Space Agency and CNES . The project was signed upon in April 2005 and was launched on the 2nd of August 2017. The microsatellite, which was set to cost the ISA US $20 million and CNES € 10 million, was designed and built by IAI and Rafael under ISA's supervision. The ISA is responsible for the satellite control center, the technological mission and payload (Israeli Hall effect Thruster and autonomous mission), the spacecraft , and the launcher interface.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New Micro-Satellite ( VENµS ) is a near polar sun-synchronous orbit microsatellite being jointly built by the Israeli Space Agency and CNES . The project was signed upon in April 2005 and is planned to be launched in 2016. The microsatellite, which set to cost the ISA US $20 million and CNES € 10 million, will be designed and built by IAI and Rafael under ISA's supervision. The ISA is responsible for the satellite control center, the spacecraft , and the launcher interface.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New Micro-Satellite ( VENµS ) is a near polar sun-synchronous orbit microsatellite . It is a joint project of the Israeli Space Agency and CNES .The project was signed upon in April 2005 and was launched on the 2nd of August 2017.The microsatellite, which was set to cost the ISA US $20 million and CNES € 10 million, was designed and built by IAI and Rafael under ISA's supervision.The ISA is responsible for the satellite control center, the technological mission and payload (Israeli Hall effect Thruster and autonomous mission), the spacecraft , and the launcher interface.
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near polar sun-synchronous orbit microsatellite being jointly built by the israeli space agency and cnes
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near polar sun-synchronous orbit microsatellite
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