Currently, the size of satellites is limited due to the available payload capacity of modern launch vehicles. However, large sized satellites are needed to improve Earth observation capabilities and ...

The payload Russia's military chose to launch on the Angara A5 is unusual. The rocket deployed its primary passenger, Kosmos ...

Europe's Proba-3 satellites have demonstrated ultra-precise formation flying in orbit for the first time, a milestone with big implications for both science and future space missions.

A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses by flying in precise and fancy formation, providing hours of on-demand totality for scientists. The European Space ...

According to ESA, Proba-3 aims to "demonstrate technologies and techniques for highly-precise satellite formation flying" while setting a foundation for future missions involving multiple ...

The Proba-3 mission, scheduled for liftoff on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, from India's Satish Dhawan Space Center, aims to transform solar corona observations through precision formation flying ...

After the successful launch of ESA's Proba-3 two-satellite formation flying mission by ISRO's PSLV-C59, the organization is preparing to launch its Space Docking Experiment (SpaDEX) mission in ...

India and European space agencies collaborate on Proba-3, the first precision formation flying mission to study the Sun's corona. The mission involves two small satellites creating an artificial ...