After postponing the launch of Proba-3 on December 4, ISRO has launched it again today i.e. on December 5, 2024 at 4:04 pm. Launched by PSLV-XL rocket from Launch Pad 1 of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. After just 26 minutes of flight, ISRO’s rocket will place the satellite in space.

What is the weight of the rocket?

ISRO is flying PSLV-C59 rocket in this mission. In this C59 is actually rocket code. This was the 61st flight of the PSLV and the 26th of the XL version. This rocket is 145.99 feet long. The launch weight of this four-stage rocket is 320 tonnes. The rocket will place the Proba-3 satellite into an elliptical orbit of 600 X 60,530 km.

Know about Proba-3 satellite

Proba-3A is the world’s first precision-built flying satellite. That means, not one but two satellites will be launched here. Whose total weight will be 550 kg. The first is the Coronagraph spacecraft and the second is the Occulter spacecraft.

 

 

coronagraph spacecraft

This satellite weighing 310 kg will face the Sun. It will detect laser and visual targets. ASPIICS stands for Consortium of Spacecraft for Polarimetric and Imaging Investigations of the Sun’s Corona. Also 3DEES stands for 3D Energetic Electron Spectrometer. It will study the difference between the outer and inner corona of the Sun. Also will stand in front of the sun. Just as the Moon faces the Sun during an eclipse.

secret spaceship

This 240 kg spacecraft will be behind the coronagraph. As in an eclipse, the Moon is in front of the Sun and the Earth is behind it. The DARA i.e. Digital Absolute Radiometer Science Experiment equipment installed in it will study the data received from Corona. These two satellites will study the Sun’s corona while orbiting the Earth in a line at a distance of 150 meters. In the image above you can see a dark circle above the Sun. Proba-03 mission will study this dark circle.

Rahul Dev

Cricket Jounralist at Newsdesk

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