Proba-3 Mission of EU to be launched by ISRO

About Proba-3 Mission

• It is the European Space Agency’s (ESA) first mission related to precision formation flying.
• Goals of the PROBA-3 mission:
  • Formation Flying Demonstration: To validate technologies required for maintaining precise formation flying between two spacecraft, simulating a large rigid structure in space.
  • Scientific Research: To study the Sun’s corona by creating an artificial eclipse, allowing scientists to observe solar phenomena such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) without interference from the Sun’s bright light.
• Mission Components:
  • Coronagraph Spacecraft (CSC): Equipped with scientific instruments to observe the Sun’s corona.
  • Occulter Spacecraft (OSC): Designed to block sunlight, enabling the CSC to capture clearer images of the corona.
• The mission is scheduled to be launched by ISRO using its PSLV-XL rocket.

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