PROBA-3
Sign in to savePROBA-3 is a dual-probe technological demonstration mission by the European Space Agency devoted to high-precision formation flying to achieve scientific coronagraphy. It is part of the series of PROBA satellites that are being used to validate new spacecraft technologies and concepts while also carrying scientific instruments. It lifted off aboard ISRO's PSLV-XL rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India. The project is managed by Damien Galano.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- PROBA-3
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- PROBA-3 artistic rendering.jpg
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- An artistic rendering of PROBA-3
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Solar observatorytechnology demonstrator
- Spaceflight.operator
- ESA
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- ,
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 2 years (nominal) (elapsed)
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- S/C: SENER/Redwire/EADS CASA/GMV/SPACEBEL ASPIICS: CSL
- Spaceflight.launch_mass
- CSC and OSC in stack:
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- CSC: OSC:
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- 5 December 2024, 10:34 UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- PSLV-XL C-59
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- First Launch Pad,Satish Dhawan Space Centre
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- NSIL ISRO
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Highly elliptical Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_eccentricity
- 0.8111
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 59 degrees
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- Mission concept
- Design
- CSC and OSC spacecraft
- Scientific payloads
- Ground segment and operations
- Background
- Timeline
- Development
- Launch campaign
- In orbit
- Results
- Coronagraph anomaly
- See also
- References
- External links
PROBA-3 is a dual-probe technological demonstration mission by the European Space Agency devoted to high-precision formation flying to achieve scientific coronagraphy. It is part of the series of PROBA satellites that are being used to validate new spacecraft technologies and concepts while also carrying scientific instruments. It lifted off aboard ISRO's PSLV-XL rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India. The project is managed by Damien Galano.
==Mission concept== PROBA-3 consists of two independent, three-axis-stabilized spacecraft: the Coronagraph Spacecraft (CSC) and the Occulter Spacecraft (OSC). The spacecraft fly close to each other on a highly elliptical orbit around the Earth, with an apogee at 60,500 km altitude.