ESA's Proba-3 mission recovers from anomaly, resumes science operations

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Published: 2026-06-09
Category: science
Source: ESA
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The European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission, designed to create artificial eclipses, has successfully recovered from an anomaly that caused a loss of contact in February. After extensive troubleshooting and software patching, both the Coronagraph spacecraft and its ASPIICS instrument are fully functional and ready to resume routine formation flying and scientific observations. Early data suggests solar wind structures in the inner corona can travel faster than previously thought.

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