Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has started a new mission to unravel the mysteries of the sun. The organisation is set to launch the European Space Agency’s Proba-3 solar mission on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, using its PSLV-C59 rocket. Proba-3, a solar mission, will lift off at 4.08 pm on December 4 aboard the PSLV-XL rocket. Proba-3 will be launched from Launch Pad 1 of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The Proba-3 mission is an ‘In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) mission’ of the European Space Agency (ESA). The aim of this mission is to achieve ‘precise formation flying’ for the first time. That is, this satellite has two small satellites. The two satellites will separate by going to a specific orbit. Then the spacecraft will collect the coronagraph of the sun from that specific location. It will conduct one test after another. It will collect all the data about the solar eclipse and send it to the agency. This mission involves two satellites that will work together to create an artificial solar eclipse. ISRO scientists will conduct various studies using the data sent by them. This mission is very important for understanding the sun’s corona, the outermost layer of the solar atmosphere, solar dynamics and space weather phenomena. The 44.5-meter-long rocket will place the 550-kg Proba-3 satellite in a specific orbit after traveling for about 18 minutes.
ISRO is ready to Launch Proba-3 Mission For Solar Exploration
