The cubesat measuring 22 x 10 x 33 cm was launched in August 2024 and the first image was delivered four days after launch. Since then, the Φsat-2 team has spent nine months commissioning the ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is a cutting-edge, habitable satellite orbiting Earth, serving as a global research lab ...

European satellites launched to create artificial solar eclipses in a tech demo The $210 million mission, dubbed Proba-3, is aiming for at least 1,000 hours of “on demand” totality during its ...

This method of blocking out the sun means that only certain orbits will work, though. Many missions sit in low-Earth orbit, where objects like the International Space Station or the Hubble Space ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has achieved a rather unusual feat, successfully creating and maintaining artificial solar eclipses in space with its Proba-3 mission.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A pair of European satellites rocketed into orbit Thursday on the first mission to create artificial solar eclipses through fancy formation flying in space.