ISRO launches ESA's PROBA-3, this will solve mysteries of the Sun

PROBA-3 Mission: Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has launched the PROBA-3 mission. This launch took place on Thursday at 4:04 pm from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota. PROBA-3 is the solar mission of the European Space Agency ESA, which will explore the mysteries of the Sun. Earlier, the first solar mission of this series was launched by ISRO in 2001. Rocket carried two satellites with it which will study the Sun's corona along with coordinating with each other. Earlier this mission was to be launched on Wednesday, but it was postponed due to a sudden technical fault in the spacecraft.

✅ Mission Success!

The PSLV-C59/PROBA-3 Mission has successfully achieved its launch objectives, deploying ESA’s satellites into their designated orbit with precision.

🌌 A testament to the trusted performance of PSLV, the collaboration of NSIL and ISRO, and ESA’s innovative…

— ISRO (@isro) December 5, 2024

 

ISRO has launched the PROBA-3 mission

The PROBA-3 mission has been successfully launched with the PSLV-C59 rocket. This rocket carried two satellites with it which will study the Sun's corona along with coordinating with each other. Earlier this mission was to be launched on Wednesday, but due to a sudden technical fault in the spacecraft, it was postponed for 24 hours.

Rocket carried two satellites with it

After this, preparations were made to launch it at 4:12 pm. However, later ISRO changed the time and made it 8 minutes earlier. What is the complete mission? Under the Proba-3 mission, the European Space Agency is sending its two satellites into space, countries like Italy, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland and Poland contributed to preparing them. These two satellites will go together and after reaching the Earth's orbit, they will separate and maintain contact with each other and work on solving the mysteries of the Sun.

Solving the mysteries of the Sun

Their first task is to gather information about the Sun's outer corona. For this, it has been equipped with many types of equipment. What are the objectives of Proba-3? Proba-3 will take pictures of the Sun's inner atmosphere. According to ISRO, till now it was available to scientists only during solar eclipse. Apart from this, it will study the corona. Both the satellites going with the mission will gather information about the Sun's corona while coordinating with each other. The mission will also find out about the heat of the sun, solar storms etc. Apart from this, it will also provide information about space weather. This mission will be for two years.

Reached target in 19 minutes

The Proba-3 mission was launched at 4:04 pm, it reached its target in just 19 minutes after covering a distance of 1100 kilometers. ISRO Chief S Somnath said that the launch was completely successful. PSLV rocket has once again created history, best wishes to all the teams working behind this mission Also Read: Shinde not angry, will take oath with Devendra Fadnavis, know the latest update