2024-12-03
Get ready for liftoff! On December 4, at 11:38 (Belgian time), the Proba-3 duo-satellite will blast off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India.
Equipped with a coronograph developed by the Royal Observatory of Belgium, Proba-3 will also carry the innovative 3DEES instrument (3 Dimensions Energetic Electron Spectrometer) to measure particle fluxes in the Earth's radiation belts. This cutting-edge detector was co-developed by the Centre for Space Radiation at UCLouvain, the Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, and aerospace manufacturer Redwire Space.
Learn more about this exciting mission on the ESA website.
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The two satellites making up Proba-3 will fly in precise formation to form an external coronagraph in space, one satellite eclipsing the Sun to allow the second to study the otherwise invisible solar corona. Credit: ESA - P. Carril
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The two parts of Proba-3's 3DEES instrument: its Docking Module (DM, left) and Panoramic Spectrometer Module (PSM, right). Credit: UCL (ESA standard license)