Get ready for more science

“Last week, we performed the first formation flight since the anomaly, and we can now say with confidence that all systems are working as they should,” confirms Damien Galano, Proba-3 Mission Manager. “With the Coronagraph spacecraft successfully recovered, the mission can now resume its routine operations.”

“After performing very careful checks of the ASPIICS coronagraph instrument, I’m very happy to confirm that it’s healthy and fully functional,” says Andrei Zhukov of the Royal Observatory of Belgium, the principal investigator for ASPIICS. “Last week’s formation flight allowed us to capture new images of the corona, and they look as spectacular as the ones taken before the incident occurred.”

Meanwhile, the first results from the data collected by the mission have been published, suggesting that solar wind structures in the inner corona can travel three to four times faster than scientists thought.

“Our first results are very promising, and I can’t wait to see the future science that Proba-3 has in store for us,” adds Andrei.