ISRO to launch ESA’s Proba-3 mission Dec 4

Bengaluru: ISRO’s trusted workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will blast off from Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh on December 4 carrying ESA’s Proba-3 mission, the Indian space agency said Sunday.

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Proba-3 Mission is happening in collaboration with ISRO’s commercial arm NewSpace India Limited (NSIL).

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“This mission will place ESA’s PROBA-3 satellites (550kg) into a unique highly elliptical orbit, reinforcing PSLV’s reliability for complex orbital deliveries,” ISRO said in a post on ‘X’.

According to ISRO, the satellite will take off at 4.08pm Wednesday.

The ESA said Proba-3 is the world’s first precision formation flying mission. It will study the solar corona, the outermost and hottest layer of Sun’s atmosphere.

PTI