TES, BIRD & PROBA

Technology Experiment Satellite (TES) is an experimental satellite to demonstrate and validate, in orbit, technologies that could be used in the future satellites of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

BIRD is a German Earth observation satellite. This small (92 kg) boxlike system, with solar panel two collectors on stub wings, has remarkable fire-detection qualities. It hosts a two-channel infrared sensor system in combination with a Wide-Angle Optoelectronic Stereo Scanner (WAOSS). It also features a neuronal network classificator in orbit to reduce downlink bandwidth and cost.

PROBA (Project for On-Board Autonomy), renamed PROBA-1, is a Belgian Earth observation satellite.