ISRO to launch European space agency’s Proba 3 satellite

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch the PSLV-C59/Proba 3 mission at 4.08 pm today from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. PSLV C59 will launch Proba 3 satellites of the European Space Agency into the highly elliptical orbit. 

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ISRO namely New Space India Limited has got this order from the European Space Agency. Proba 3 satellites will split into two after reaching the orbit. The satellites will study the Sun’s Corona, its surrounding atmosphere, space weather and solar wind.