The European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission has achieved a major milestone by capturing its first images of the Sun’s faint outer atmosphere, known as the solar corona. This was made possible by two spacecraft flying in precise formation to create the world’s first artificial solar eclipse in space. One satellite blocked the Sun’s bright disk,…
Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) on Thursday successfully launched the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Proba-3 mission aboard the PSLV-C59 rocket, which lifted off from the first launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.In its 61st launch, the PSLV lifted off a little after 4pm as per a revised schedule — the mission was…
Isro began a revised 8.5-hour countdown on Thursday for the launch of the European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission, following a delay caused by “an anomaly detected” in the satellite propulsion system.The Bengaluru-based space agency rescheduled the launch of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Proba-3 mission to December 5 at 4.04 pm, after a request from…
ISRO PROBA – 3: भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन (इसरो) की ओर से आज आज लॉन्च होने वाला यूरोपीय अंतरिक्ष एजेंसी (ईएसए) का PSLV-C59 रॉकेट/ROBA-3 मिशन तकनीकी खराबी के कारण स्थगित कर दिया गया है. इस मिशन को अब कल यानी की 5 दिसंबर के लिए शेड्यूल किया गया है. अब यह कल शाम 4:12 बजे…
Artistic impression of the Proba-3 (Credit: ESA) India and European space agencies have come together for the launch of Proba-3, the world’s first precision formation flying mission, also known as the Sun mission. This mission aims to study the Sun’s corona, closer to the solar rim than ever before. The Proba 3, or the Sun…