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. (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)

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Karte laden (OpenStreetMap)

Kartenvorschau: The Space Devs · Interaktive Karte: OpenStreetMap (laedt erst nach Klick)

• 05.12.2024 Spacecrafts now in contact. (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)
• 05.12.2024 Abtrennung des Raumfahrzeugs.
• 05.12.2024 Abheben.
• 05.12.2024 Official Webcast by ISRO Official has started (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)
• 04.12.2024 Tweaked new launch time. (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)
• 04.12.2024 Scrub due to spacecraft issue. (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)
• 28.11.2024 T-0 leicht angepasst.
• 01.11.2024 Updated launch time. (Original, deutsche Fassung folgt)

Quelle: Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)