Proba-3
ESA’s Proba-3 mission is a pair of spacecraft performing precision formation flying to create artificial solar eclipses and observe the Sun’s corona.
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- Proba 3Proba-3 Mission
- Name
- Proba-3
- Status
- active
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- Description
- ESA’s Proba-3 mission is a pair of spacecraft performing precision formation flying to create artificial solar eclipses and observe the Sun’s corona.
- Destination
- Highly elliptical Earth orbit from approximately 600 km to 60,530 km altitude (19.7-hour period)
- Launch Site
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2024-12-05
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- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 12:37:40 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 21, 2026 at 01:31:12 UTC
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