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(GIST OF SCIENCE REPORTER) PROBA-3 MISSION

(JANUARY-2025)

PROBA-3 MISSION

The PSLV-C59/PROBA (PRoject for OnBoard Autonomy)-3 Mission has successfully achieved its launch objectives, deploying ESA’s satellites into their designated orbit with precision.

About PSLV-C59

PSLV-C59 vehicle carried Proba-3 spacecraft into a highly elliptical orbit as a Dedicated commercial mission of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL).

61st PSLV Flight and 26th PSLV-XL flight.
Satellites in PSLV-C59 Proba-3 of the European Space Agency.

About Proba-3

Proba-3 is an In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) mission of the European Space Agency.
Goal: The mission goal is to demonstrate precise formation flying.
It consists of 2 spacecraft viz. the Coronagraph Spacecraft (CSC) and the Occulter Spacecraft (OSC) were launched together in a stacked configuration.
Proba-3 is ESA’s and the world’s first precision formation-flying mission. A pair of satellites will fly together, maintaining a fixed configuration as if they were a single large rigid structure in space, to prove innovative formation flying and rendezvous technologies.