Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that the organization's Proba-2 satellite was able to photograph four instances of the partial solar eclipse that occurred this Sunday, May 20.
Data collected by the spacecraft will primarily be used to determine the health level on the SWAP instrument, whic... |
21 May 2012
10:09 GMT |
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The Proba-2 technology demonstrator microsatellite achieved another important milestone in its mission earlier this month, when it managed to replenish its fuel tank from onboard solid gas reserves.This spacecraft is the latest to be launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of its Project for Onboard Auton... |
25 August 2011
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On Tuesday, June 7, the Sun produced a large-scale solar flare, that observatories belonging to numerous space agencies were able to observe and analyze. The European Space Agency's (ESA) Proba-2 microsatellite was one of these spacecraft. Our Sun is constantly being monitored by a number of dedicated telescopes... |
10 June 2011
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Experts at the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that the Proba-2 micro-satellite has couple of days ago witnessed a fairly rare atmospheric event, when the Sun, and Moon and the Earth all lined up nearly in front of its scientific instrument. This so-called conjunction of the sphere took place on Tuesday, January... |
6 January 2011
08:47 GMT |
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Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that their Proba-2 Sun-watching satellite is currently keeping one of its eyes aimed at our planet. Using an advanced camera with an original and never-before-used design, the spacecraft is capable of obtaining wide-angle view of the planet with relative ease. The... |
13 May 2010
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On November 2, 2009, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched two new spacecraft in Earth's orbit, aboard a Russian-built Rockot delivery system. The largest payload was the large Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite, which was accompanied by the small demonstrations spacecraft Proba-2. Both probes ... |
29 April 2010
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On April 3, at 11:54 CET, the European Space Agency's (ESA) small solar observatory Proba-2 observed a solar eruption taking place on the surface of the Sun. Astrophysicists classified the phenomenon as a low-intensity, or weak, event, even if this still implies temperatures averaging tens of millions of degrees... |
14 April 2010
18:01 GMT |
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