ISRO efficiently launches PSLV-C59 rocket with European Area Company’s Proba-3 satellites

The PSLV-C59/PROBA-3 mission takes off from the Satish Dhawan Area Centre in Sriharikota on December 5, 2024.
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The Indian Area Analysis Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday (December 5, 2024) introduced that it has efficiently launched the PSLV-C59 mission with the European Area Company’s Proba-3 satellites from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The 2 satellites onboard PSLV rocket of Proba-3 mission separated efficiently, ISRO mentioned.

“Mission Success! The PSLV-C59/PROBA-3 Mission has efficiently achieved its launch goals, deploying ESA’s satellites into their designated orbit with precision,” ISRO mentioned in a submit on X.

“PSLV-C59 has efficiently soared into the skies, marking the graduation of a world mission led by NSIL, with ISRO’s technical experience, to deploy ESA’s groundbreaking PROBA-3 satellites,” it mentioned.

The launch was rescheduled to 4:04 pm on Thursday (December 5, 2024) and a revised countdown was set after finding out an anomaly detected within the propulsion system of one of many satellites on Wednesday (December 4, 2024), minutes earlier than the launch.

Proba-3 (Mission for Onboard Anatomy) consists of two satellites during which two spacecraft would fly collectively as one, sustaining exact formation right down to a single millimetre to check the Corona, the Solar’s outer ambiance. NewSpace India Ltd, the business arm of ISRO has bagged the order from the ESA for the launch.

The mission goal is to show exact formation flying and two spacecraft – ‘Coronagraph’ and ‘Occulter’ can be launched collectively in a stacked configuration, ISRO mentioned. ISRO had efficiently launched the Proba-1 rocket by the European Area Company in 2001.

(With PTI inputs)