PSLV-XL | Proba-3
Indian Space Research OrganizationSatish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad — Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Proba-3
- Type
- Technology
- Target orbit
- Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
Proba-3 (Project for On-Board Autonomy 3) is the first close formation flying mission for the European Space Agency (ESA). It consists of two independent, three-axis stabilised spacecraft flying 150 meters from one another with the ability to accurately control the attitude and separation of the two craft. Such formation flying will be maintained for 6 hours, creating ″artificial solar eclipse″ for the satellite below. The spacecraft pair will fly a highly elliptical orbit divided between periods of accurate formation flying around apogee, when payload operations will be possible, and periods of free flight.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- PSLV XL
- Family
- PSLV
- Variant
- XL
- Provider
- Indian Space Research Organization
- Type
- Government
- Country
- IND
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launch site
- Pad
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad
- Location
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
- Country
- IND
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
- Coordinates
- 13.7330, 80.2350