A pair of satellites astronomers hope can create an artificial eclipse were launched from a site in India last week. In addition to conducting this experimental maneuver, the so-called ESA's Proba-3 mission will observe a slice of the Sun's ethereal corona difficult to perceive from Earth. The larger one, known as the Coronagraph spacecraft, will explore the Sun’s corona, or …
Dubbed as world’s first initiative of its kind, the Proba-3 consists of two satellites — Coronagraph and Occulter — in which two spacecraft would fly together as one The Proba-3 mission, developed at an estimated cost of 200 million euros, involved teams from 14 European countries and 29 industrial partners. ”Due to an anomaly detected in PROBA-3 spacecraft PSLV-C59/PROBA-3 launch …
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