ESA's Proba-3 will be the first mission to create an artificial total solar eclipse by flying a pair of satellites 150 meters ...

On December 4, India and the European Space Agency (ESA) will launch Proba-3, the world’s first precision formation-flying ...

Late December marks the beginning of winter. When does winter officially start? What is the first day? When is winter ...

The mission will entail the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C59 carrying around satellites weighing nearly 550 kg in a ...

At 14.38 hrs on Tuesday, 3rd December, the Indian Space agency ISRO commenced the 25-hour countdown for the PSLV-C59/Proba-3 ...

The European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission, set to launch from India, will demo precise formation flying by two satellites ...

ISRO's PSLV-XL will launch the Proba-3 mission on December 4, 2024, to study the Sun's corona through two satellites ...

ESA has launched three other Proba missions thus far, with one currently observing the Sun. Proba-2 launched in 2009, and was ...

Proba-3 consists of two satellites, which together weigh about 1,210 pounds (550 kilograms). If all goes according to plan on Wednesday, the four-stage, 146-foot-tall (44.5 meters) PSLV will deliver ...

As a matter of fact, Proba-3 will be extremely challenging as it comprises two elements flying together at a distance of 150 m while behaving like one single spacecraft in a highly elliptical orbit at ...

The mission will launch from a Mobile Launcher Pad at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China. Flight characteristics ...

What's harder than flying a single satellite in Earth orbit? Flying two—right beside each other, at proximities that would ...