Proba-3 is due to be flown by PSLV launcher from India next year.
The two spacecraft forming the European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission are ready with instruments and sensors allowing them to maneuver to a millimeter-scale precision relative to one another. The spacecraft will fly into space on India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in 2024.
The 340-kilogram spacecraft will be deployed by PSLV in a high Earth orbit with an orbital period of 19.7 hours. They will be placed in a highly elliptical orbit of 600 x 60530 km. After a short preparatory period, the two satellites will be separated and injected into a safe relative tandem orbit.
ESA’s pair of Sun-watching Proba-3 satellites have been placed in take-off configuration, one on top of the other, for testing in simulated launch and space conditions at IABG in Germany, ahead of their planned lift-off next year.
Proba-3 is due to be flown by a PSLV launcher from India next year.
NarrativeUSN LEOP and TT&C Support for PROBA-3.0 from HawaiiPROBA-3.0 is a LEOP and TT&C mission of European Space Agency (ESA). PROBA-3.0 is set to launch on or around May 1st, 2024. Planned support from SSC is for a period of 180 days.The two small satellites will be launched together in 2024 into a highly elliptical orbit (600 x 60530 km at around 59-degree inclination) in a stack configuration.Proba-3 is devoted to the demonstration of technologies and techniques for highly precise satellite formation flying, to prepare for future multi-satellite missions flying as one virtual structure....
Proba-3 is due for launch in September this year, by PSLV launcher from India.
Proba-3 is due to be launched by PSLV-XL launcher from India in September.
Proba-3 is scheduled to launch this autumn on an Indian PSLV-XL launcher.
QuoteGOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 426 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2024426. SMT. APARAJITA SARANGI: Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state: that the details of the India's space programmes and missions to be launched in the year 2024? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH): *** Following are the space programmes & missions planned in the year 2024. i. Three PSLV missions, two of which are technology demonstration missions (TDS-01 & SPADEX) and one dedicated commercial mission for NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) ii. One GSLV mission to launch NVS-02 Navigation Satellite iii. One SSLV mission, to launch a technology demonstration Satellite (EOS-08). iv. First unmanned flight under Gaganyaan Programme (HLVM3-G1) [...]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 426 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2024426. SMT. APARAJITA SARANGI: Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state: that the details of the India's space programmes and missions to be launched in the year 2024? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH): *** Following are the space programmes & missions planned in the year 2024. i. Three PSLV missions, two of which are technology demonstration missions (TDS-01 & SPADEX) and one dedicated commercial mission for NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) ii. One GSLV mission to launch NVS-02 Navigation Satellite iii. One SSLV mission, to launch a technology demonstration Satellite (EOS-08). iv. First unmanned flight under Gaganyaan Programme (HLVM3-G1) [...]
IN-SPACe launch manifesto has been released:QuoteQ4 FY 2023-24: (1 January 2024 - 30 March 2024)✅ PSLV C58 / ISRO Payload (XPoSat) + POEM-3 with 9 payloads✅ GSLV F14 / ISRO Payload (Insat-3DS)✅ AGNIBAAN-SORTeD (Suborbital mission)- SSLV D3 / ISRO Primary Payload, Space Rickshaw & IITMSatFY 2024-25 Commercial Missions:Q1: (1 April 2024 - 30 June 2024)- PSLV C59 / NSIL Primary Payload, SCOT, CGUSAT, LEAP-1- VIKRAM-1: TBDQ2: (1 July 2024 - 30 September 2024)- LVM3 M5 / NSIL Payload- VIKRAM-1: TBDQ3: (1 October 2024 - 31 December 2024)- PSLV C62 / PROBA-3- PSLV N1 / TDS-01- SSLV S1 / TBD, PARIKSHIT- VIKRAM-1: TBD- AGNIBAAN: TBDQ4: (1 January 2025 - 30 March 2025)- PSLV N2 / TBD, Aadyah, DRISHTI, Sanskardhaam, DS P30- SSLV S2 / TBD, Azista60°- VIKRAM-1: TBD- AGNIBAAN: TBDFY 2024-25 ISRO/User-funded Missions: (No specific quarters given)- PSLV C60 / ISRO Payload + POEM-4- GSLV F15 / ISRO Payload- PSLV C61 / ISRO Payload- GSLV F16 / ISRO Payload- PSLV C63 / ISRO Payloads- GSLV F17 / ISRO PayloadNote:[...]- In addition, seven test launches pertaining to Gaganyaan are also scheduled during the period.[...]
Q4 FY 2023-24: (1 January 2024 - 30 March 2024)✅ PSLV C58 / ISRO Payload (XPoSat) + POEM-3 with 9 payloads✅ GSLV F14 / ISRO Payload (Insat-3DS)✅ AGNIBAAN-SORTeD (Suborbital mission)- SSLV D3 / ISRO Primary Payload, Space Rickshaw & IITMSatFY 2024-25 Commercial Missions:Q1: (1 April 2024 - 30 June 2024)- PSLV C59 / NSIL Primary Payload, SCOT, CGUSAT, LEAP-1- VIKRAM-1: TBDQ2: (1 July 2024 - 30 September 2024)- LVM3 M5 / NSIL Payload- VIKRAM-1: TBDQ3: (1 October 2024 - 31 December 2024)- PSLV C62 / PROBA-3- PSLV N1 / TDS-01- SSLV S1 / TBD, PARIKSHIT- VIKRAM-1: TBD- AGNIBAAN: TBDQ4: (1 January 2025 - 30 March 2025)- PSLV N2 / TBD, Aadyah, DRISHTI, Sanskardhaam, DS P30- SSLV S2 / TBD, Azista60°- VIKRAM-1: TBD- AGNIBAAN: TBDFY 2024-25 ISRO/User-funded Missions: (No specific quarters given)- PSLV C60 / ISRO Payload + POEM-4- GSLV F15 / ISRO Payload- PSLV C61 / ISRO Payload- GSLV F16 / ISRO Payload- PSLV C63 / ISRO Payloads- GSLV F17 / ISRO PayloadNote:[...]- In addition, seven test launches pertaining to Gaganyaan are also scheduled during the period.[...]
A PSLV rocket is expected to launch the Proba-3 formation-flying satellites for ESA in Q4.
The two spacecraft of Proba-3 will be launched in a stack configuration by the Indian PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) rocket from the Dhawan Space Centre (previously known as Sriharikota Range). The rocket configuration will be XL which is a more powerful setup using a strap-on booster. The currently foreseen launch day is end of November 2024.
Proba-3 double satellites set for launch following last test04/10/2024[...]Now its testing is complete, Proba-3 will now be shipped to the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India on 21 October for a planned launch by PSLV-XL launcher on 29 November.[...]
Europe says farewell to eclipse-making Proba-331/10/2024ESA’s solar eclipse-making Proba-3 mission is about to leave Europe, to head to its launch site in India. The mission’s two spacecraft – which will manoeuvre precisely in Earth orbit so that one casts a shadow onto the other – have departed the facilities of Redwire Space in Kruibeke, Belgium. The pair will be flown to the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, near Chennai, for the launch campaign to begin. [...]Proba-3 is now due to be flown to India on Saturday 2 November, for a new launch date of 4 December.[...]
The launch is now scheduled for Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 16:00 local time in Sriharikota.