PROBA-3 formation-flying solar observatory spacecraft
PROBA-3 is an ESA paired-spacecraft mission for precision formation flying and sustained observations of the Sun corona. Its Coronagraph and Occulter spacecraft fly in coordinated formation so one can cast a controlled shadow for the other coronagraph while demonstrating millimetre-scale formation-flying technologies.
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- Aliases
- Proba-3PROBA-3 missionProba-3 formation-flying mission
- Family Name
- PROBA-3
- Full Name
- PROBA-3 formation-flying solar observatory spacecraft
- Roles
- observatorytechnology_demonstratorresearch
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
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- Description
- PROBA-3 is an ESA paired-spacecraft mission for precision formation flying and sustained observations of the Sun corona. Its Coronagraph and Occulter spacecraft fly in coordinated formation so one can cast a controlled shadow for the other coronagraph while demonstrating millimetre-scale formation-flying technologies.
- First Flight Year
- 2,024
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 03:57:18 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 20:39:53 UTC