ISRO’s PSLV-C59 Mission Triumphs: European Satellites Now in Orbit
In a remarkable achievement for space exploration, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) successfully placed two European Space Agency (ESA) satellites into orbit on December 5, 2024. The mission, known as Proba-3, aims to study the Sun’s outer atmosphere by maintaining a precise formation between the two satellites. Mission Overview The PSLV-C59 mission, a dedicated commercial mission of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), carried the Proba-3 spacecraft into a highly elliptical orbit. Proba-3 consists of two spacecraft: the Coronagraph Spacecraft (CSC) and the Occulter Spacecraft (OSC)1.…
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