The European Space Agency on Thursday launched Proba-3, a cutting-edge Sun-observing mission, aboard the Indian Space ...
On Dec. 5, 2024 the European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission sent two spacecraft into orbit around Earth. By aligning the ...
Launch occurred at 5:35 a.m. EST on Thursday (Dec. 5) after a technical glitch thwarted its first liftoff attempt.
The European Space Agency launched Proba-3, a cutting-edge Sun-observing mission, aboard the Indian Space Research ...
ESA's Proba-3 will be the first mission to create an artificial total solar eclipse by flying a pair of satellites 150 meters ...
ESA has launched three other Proba missions thus far, with one currently observing the Sun. Proba-2 launched in 2009, and was ...
An Indian PSLV rocket will launch Europe's Proba-3 precision formation-flying mission to orbit early Wednesday (Dec. 4), and ...
What's harder than flying a single satellite in Earth orbit? Flying two—right beside each other, at proximities that would ...
The mission, which was scheduled for launch on December 4, was postponed to December 5 after an anomaly was detected in the ...
ISRO’s Proba-3 mission uses two satellites to simulate solar eclipses, offering groundbreaking insights into solar storms and ...
Using one spacecraft to block the Sun and another to observe, the pair will fly in tandem with millimeter-level precision.