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Proba-3 Mission
March 15 , 2026
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- The European Space Agency (ESA) lost contact with the Coronagraph satellite of the Proba-3 mission due to a power failure.
- Proba-3 is the first precision formation-flying mission to study the Sun’s outer atmosphere (corona).
- It was launched in December 2024 aboard the ISRO PSLV-C59 rocket.
- The mission uses twin satellites: Coronagraph (camera) and Occulter (blocks the Sun to create an artificial eclipse).
- It helps study Solar Winds and Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) that can disrupt satellites and power grids.
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