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.
The ER-BAR has been the most wanted aircraft by the Proba-3 teams! The 2 spacecraft and all the hardware needed for the launch campaign have finally departed Liege on Monday 04 Nov afternoon. The venting valves are opened so the air at sea level pressure in the spacecraft containers can go out when ascending to high altitude, while the air (properly filtered!) will come back in during the descent.The Liege team says goodbye to Proba-3 while the Chennai team is resting before the next leg of the long journey to the launch base.
The two Proba-3 spacecraft, set to launch in December, has now safely touched down at the Chennai airport in India.The team members that had special authorization to be on the airport tarmac immediately boarded the cargo bay to close the containers to avoid any humid air enters the containers and create a risk of condensation on the spacecraft.Then a convoy took on the 110 km transfer to the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR).The trip takes normally 2.5 hours, but the two trucks carrying the spacecraft containers moves slowly and it took almost 12 hours to reach SHAR entry gate in the middle of the night.Upon arrival, the baton was passed to the teams already at SHAR which safely offloaded, cleaned, and transferred the containers to the cleanroom airlock so they can acclimatize to the cleanroom temperature. The coming days will be busy unpacking and preparing the set-ups for functional tests on the spacecraft.
The Proba-3 team was excited to get their hands on the satellites and the supporting equipment in the check-out cleanroom!The spacecraft containers were opened and an inspection confirmed that the satellites arrived in good order. Our integration team got to work immediately to assemble the batteries back into the satellites, finalizing the two – for now separate – spacecrafts mechanically.In the meantime, the functional testing team has set up their testing equipment and the control room, from where they command the spacecrafts on the ground. After the mechanical integration was finished on the CSC, the testing team took over to verify that all units on board function as expected, then followed the OSC.The team had their first glimpse of our PSLV launcher too! A small team working with the electrical interfaces tested the connections on the 41 m tall launcher that will allow them to monitor our spacecrafts on the launchpad.The hard work and long days paid off, as all this has been completed in about half the time it was planned to take. We can also confirm that our spacecrafts are healthy after the shipment and are ready for the next steps in the launch campaign!
The team has excelled themselves in completing all the stand alone testing required in the SP-1B facility allowing for the transfer of the satellites to the SP-2B facility where the CSC satellite will undergo a fit check with the launcher payload adapter (PLA) prior to the start of the fuelling activities.
With the satellites tested and fit for flight the team from ArianeGroup are here to perform the propulsion activities starting with checking the the integrity of the subsystems and finishing with the hydrazine fueling of the CSC satellite.
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