Proba-3 Mission to Create Six-Hour Artificial Solar Eclipses with ISRO Launch

The PSLV-C59 mission, a commercial launch by NewSpace India Limited, will deploy the European Space Agency's Proba-3 spacecraft into a highly elliptical orbit. Proba-3 aims to demonstrate precise formation flying with its two spacecraft, the Coronagraph Spacecraft and the Occulter Spacecraft, launched in a stacked configuration from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.