New Delhi, December 3 (IANS). Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch the Proba 3 satellite on December 4 at 4:06 pm from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, via PSLV-C59/XL. Under this mission, the satellite launch vehicle will take the satellites into a highly elliptical orbit. The Proba 3 mission is an “in-orbit demonstration (IOD) mission” of the European Space Agency (ESA).
Giving information about this mission, retired ISRO scientist RC Kapoor said, “Proba 3 is a mission, its objective is to study based on on-board autonomy. This project is also popular in Europe, which is being launched by ISRO through PSLV Excel rocket. The first version of Proba 1 was launched by ISRO in 2001. Proba 2 was also launched to study the Sun. Now, Proba 3 has got another opportunity for ISRO to demonstrate new technology in space. This mission is also important for the study of the Sun’s corona.
He said, “The satellites sent in Proba 3 will be interconnected, which will be separated in space. It will have two main parts. One part will be experimental and the other part will work to create the situation. The experimental part will have a corona graph. The second part will be an occulter disk, which is about 1.4 meters in size and will produce an 8 centimeter image on the corona graph lens from a distance of 150 meters.
He said, “This technical experiment will create the condition of an artificial total solar eclipse, which will enable scientists to study the outer, extremely hot gaseous atmosphere of the Sun. Normally, scientists could study this atmosphere only in the event of a solar eclipse, which During this period, Proba 3 would encounter vagaries of weather, such as rain, which would last for up to six hours each orbit. It is a great technological achievement. This can be considered a miraculous technological progress.”
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