Proba-3 Delivers First Images of Artificial Solar Eclipse: Precision Formation Flying Achieved
Proba-3 Delivers First Images of Artificial Solar Eclipse: Precision Formation Flying Achieved ESA’s Proba-3 mission has successfully demonstrated its ability to create artificial solar eclipses, achieving millimeter-precise formation flying between two satellites. The Coronagraph satellite, equipped with the ASPIICS instrument, captured images of the sun’s corona while the Occulter satellite blocked the sun’s disk. This breakthrough allows for continuous observation of the solar corona, a region crucial for understanding solar wind and coronal mass ejections. Traditional coronagraphs struggle with stray…