December 5, 2024
PSLV-C59 / PROBA-3
Flown commercially for the European Space Agency via NSIL, PSLV-C59 carried PROBA-3's twin satellites, which fly in precise formation to create an artificial solar eclipse — one spacecraft blocking the Sun so the other can study its faint corona.
More on PSLV-C59/PROBA-3Key facts
- Launch vehicle
- PSLV-C59
- Customer
- European Space Agency (via NSIL)
- Payload
- Twin formation-flying satellites
- Purpose
- Solar corona studies