Mission Overview
The launched , a pioneering mission involving two spacecraft designed to create artificial solar eclipses and study the sun's corona, from .
Proba-3 aims to answer fundamental questions about the sun's corona, such as why it is significantly hotter than the sun's surface, by utilizing a novel approach of precise formation flying.
Technological Innovation and Scientific Goals
Unlike previous missions, Proba-3 uses two separate satellites to achieve a more precise block of the sun's light, allowing for clearer observations of the corona's inner part.
The mission not only seeks to deepen our understanding of the sun's corona but also to demonstrate the feasibility of maintaining precise satellite formation, which could have future applications in space exploration.