Print this page

Proba-3’s Coronagraph is alive!

Written by  Thursday, 19 March 2026 13:00
Proba-3's Coronagraph captured by the Occulter

A month after an anomaly onboard the Proba-3 mission caused ground control to lose contact with the Coronagraph spacecraft, the mission team shares great news: the spacecraft has phoned home, re-establishing the lost connection. 

ESA's Villafranca ground station in Spain
ESA's Villafranca ground station in Spain

After more than a month of silence, ESA's ground station in Villafranca, Spain, received telemetry from the Coronagraph spacecraft. Telemetry is a package of data sent by a spacecraft including information on its temperature, voltages, and health of onboard systems.

The Coronagraph is now in safe mode and stable, and the mission team and operators are running health checks on the spacecraft to understand if any parts of it have been damaged.

The spacecraft’s solar panel is facing the Sun, powering the essential electronics on board, and charging the battery with the remaining power.


Read more from original source...