ISRO Proba 3 Launch Live: Rocket expected to reach desired orbit in 18 minutes
ISRO Proba 3 Launch Live: The space mission in collaboration with the European Space Agency will study the Corona, the Sun’s outer atmosphere
ISRO Proba 3 Launch Live: The 550kg Proba 3 spacecraft will lift-off today with two satellites the Coronagraph and the Occulter
ISRO Proba 3 Launch Live: ISRO’S commercial space mission for the European Space Agency (ESA), the Proba-3 spacecraft, is set to lift-off at 4:04 pm today, in a showcase of India’s role in global space innovation and collaboration. The 550-kg Proba 3 mission will be conducted from the spaceport at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh and will be managed by ISRO’s commercial arm, NewSpace India Ltd. …Read More
The mission was initially supposed to be launched on December 4, at 4:08 pm but was re-scheduled minutes before lift-off by the ESA after an anomaly was detected in the satellite propulsion system.
The Proba (Project for Onboard Anatomy) is also named after the latin word which means “let’s try”. It will be the first space initiative to demonstrate flying in a precise formation down to a single millimetre to study the Sun’s outer atmosphere – the Corona.
Key points:
– Proba 3 will consist of two satellites – Coronagraph (310kgs) and Occulter (240kgs), which will fly together as one, 150 metres apart from each other.
– The mission will provide key insights on the Corona, which according to the ESA, is hotter than the Sun and determines space weather as well.
– The instruments on both the satellites will take close to six hours at a time to reach the solar rim and will commence a 19-hour orbit around the Earth.
– The 44.5 metre tall rocket is supposed to take 18 minutes to reach its desired orbit.
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Dec 5, 2024 2:49 PM IST
ISRO Launch Live: Proba-3 to provide key insights into space weather
ISRO Launch Live: The Proba-3 which consists of two satellites the Coronagraph and the Occulter, will be studying the outer rim of the Sun, the Corona.
The Corona determines space weather and is much hotter than the Sun.
The Occulter spacecraft would block out the solar disk of the Sun enabling the Coronagraph to observe the Sun’s outer rim.
Dec 5, 2024 2:45 PM IST
ISRO Launch Live: What does ‘Proba’ mean?
ISRO Launch Live: ISRO’s newest spacecraft set to launch soon, Proba, refers to ‘Project for Onboard Anatomy’.
However, the word also means “lets try” in Latin, a fitting term for the novel collaboration between ISRO and the European Space Agency, which will attempt flying two satellites in precision formation, only 150 metres apart from each other.
Dec 5, 2024 2:38 PM IST
ISRO Launch Live: Spacecraft to launch in four stages
ISRO Launch Live: The Proba-3, also known as the PSLVC-59’s launch will take place in four stages, with the launch vehicle lifting approximately 320 tonnes of mass.
The rocket is expected to reach its desired orbit within 18 minutes.
(with PTI inputs)
Dec 5, 2024 2:30 PM IST
ISRO Launch Live: Why did the Proba-3 launch get delayed?
ISRO Pr Launch Live: The launch of the Proba 3 spacecraft was initially supposed to take place at 4:08 pm on December 4, but was rescheduled by the European Space Agency.
The ISRO confirmed on X that the launch was pushed to December 5 after an anomaly was detected in the rocket’s propulsion system.
Dec 5, 2024 1:58 PM IST
ISRO Prob Launch Live: Countdown commences for Proba 3 launch
ISRO Launch Live: The Indian Space Research Organisation, posted on X, announcing that the countdown had commenced for the Proba 3 spacecraft’s lift-off at 4:04 pm today.
The Proba-3 mission in collaboration with the European Space Agency will study the sun’s outer atmosphere.
