ISRO’s Proba-3 mission
The PSLV-C59 rocket/ROBA-3 mission scheduled to be launched today by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has been postponed due to a technical glitch. The mission has now been rescheduled for tomorrow. ISRO will launch the mission tomorrow at 16:12 pm from Sriharikota Space Centre.
ISRO has already launched Proba mission
PROBA-3 is a mission of the European Space Agency (ESA). The PROBA-3 mission will study the Sun’s corona. According to ESA, the ‘PROBA-3’ mission will study the outermost and hottest layer of the Sun’s atmosphere. The outer atmosphere of the Sun is called the Sun’s corona. ISRO’s commercial arm NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) is cooperating in this mission. ISRO has already launched two Proba missions. The first launch was PROBA-1 in 2001. The second PROBA-2 mission was launched in 2009. ISRO was successful in both the missions.
Proba-3 mission will be launched from two main spacecraft. The first is Occulter, whose weight is 200 kg. The second spacecraft is Coronagraph, which weighs 340 kg. After launching both the satellites will separate. These will later be positioned together to form a solar coronagraph.
What is Proba-3 mission?
Proba-3 mission is a partnership project of several countries in Europe. The group of these countries includes Spain, Poland, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland. The total cost of this mission is said to be around 200 million euros. Proba-3 mission will run for two years. The special thing about this mission is that through it, ‘Precision Formation Flying’ will be tested in space for the first time. Under this, two satellites will fly simultaneously. These satellites will continuously maintain the same fixed configuration.
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