European Space Agency Tests Fake Eclipse Makers To Observation Of The Sun's Korona

Illustration of the launch of Proba-3 (photo: dock. ESA)

JAKARTA The European Space Agency (ESA) announced that it had conducted a pre-testing of the Proba-3 spacecraft. The aircraft was tested at the Redwire Space facility on Wednesday, April 3. Proba-3 was flown from the second Coronagroup number plane with an altitude of about 150 meters. The plane was tested to see if Proba-3 could align with the sun and cast a shadow on the surface of the corona. This show will provide an illusion as if Proba-3 was a giant instrument along 150 meters. This is done so that Proba-3 can pretend to be the Moon. When the Sun's light is blocked, they will observe the corona further. Technology, Engineering, and ESA Quality Director Dietmar Pilz said that this pre-testing should be successful. The reason is, Proba-3 should not make any mistakes when creating a shadow. If not the hallway, the shadow will fail to form.

"The development process also took a long time, which was carried out by a consortium of smaller ESA member states led by Spain and Belgium, so I am very pleased to see Proba-3 present here today," Pilz said in an official statement. After the launch was successful, Proba-3 will perform flight formations with a total of six hours in 19 hours and 36 minutes. As long as the Proba-3 blocks the Sun, ESA will use a dedicated telescope from the ground to observe the corona. The Proba-3 formation flight will take place autonomously, then towards the orbital peak with an altitude of 60,000 kilometers. While at this altitude, gravitational, atmospheric, and magnetic disturbances will be minimized until the remaining Proba-3 time runs out in orbit.