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Proba-3 is such an formidable mission that it wants multiple single spacecraft to succeed. To ensure that Proba-3’s Coronagraph spacecraft to watch the Solar’s faint surrounding ambiance, its disk-bearing Occulter spacecraft should block out the fiery photo voltaic disk. This implies Proba-3’s Occulter finally ends up going through the Solar constantly, making it a helpful platform for science in its personal proper.
Proba-3 is scheduled for launch on a PSLV-XL rocket from Satish Dhawan Area Centre in Sriharikota, India, on Wednesday, 4 December, at 11:38 CET (10:38 GMT, 16:08 native time).