PSLV-C59 launched ESA's Proba-3 mission into a highly elliptical orbit from Sriharikota: two spacecraft that fly in precision formation 150 m apart, one blocking the Sun's disk to form an artificial-eclipse coronagraph for studying the solar corona.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 540 kg
- Flight
- 26th
- of 27 PSLV XL flights
- Date and time
- 5 December 2024, 10:34 UTC
- Rocket
- PSLV XL
- Builder
- ISRO
- Launch site
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
- Payload
- Technology
- International designator
- 2024-233
- Launches in 2024
- 240th of 263
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
Object pages on Space Atlas: Proba-3
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