The European Space Agency on Thursday launched Proba-3, a cutting-edge Sun-observing mission, aboard the Indian Space ...

The European Space Agency on Thursday launched Proba-3, a cutting-edge Sun-observing mission, aboard the Indian Space ...

On Dec. 5, 2024 the European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission sent two spacecraft into orbit around Earth. By aligning the ...

What's harder than flying a single satellite in Earth orbit? Flying two—right beside each other, at proximities that would ...

Using one spacecraft to block the Sun and another to observe, the pair will fly in tandem with millimeter-level precision.

Launch occurred at 5:35 a.m. EST on Thursday (Dec. 5) after a technical glitch thwarted its first liftoff attempt.

ESA's Proba-3 will be the first mission to create an artificial total solar eclipse by flying a pair of satellites 150 meters ...

ESA has launched three other Proba missions thus far, with one currently observing the Sun. Proba-2 launched in 2009, and was ...

An Indian PSLV rocket will launch Europe's Proba-3 precision formation-flying mission to orbit early Wednesday (Dec. 4), and ...

Aditya L1 and ESA's Proba-3 missions will collaborate in 2025, using advanced coronagraphs to conduct groundbreaking joint solar observations.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is set to launch a pioneering mission that will create artificial solar eclipses in space.

ESA's Proba-3 satellites will create artificial solar eclipses, enabling extended solar corona observations in space ...