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Proba-3 Testing Milestones Completed at Redwire Facility

ESA Satellites Scheduled for Launch Later this Year

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Tom Patton
Mar 11, 2024
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The European Space Agency’s (ESA) PROBA-3 mission, the first precision formation flying mission, is set to launch later this year. Composed of two spacecraft acting as one, PROBA-3 will demonstrate formation flying technologies and rendezvous experiments for future science, astronomy and Earth observation missions that will require formation flying.

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