ESA’s Proba-3 mission, ready to launch at the end of the year

Diego Rodríguez, Business Development General Manager of Space and Science at Sener provides the details on the Proba-3 mission by the European Space Agency (ESA).

Led by Sener, in close collaboration with an industrial team consisting of Redwire, Airbus, GMV and Spacebel, and encompassing a large consortium of over 29 companies from 17 countries, Proba-3 will demonstrate the viability of high-precision formation flying by satellites in space.

Both Spain and Belgium are involved in Proba-3. Sener is the mission’s lead contractor, responsible for both the flight and ground segments, with Airbus Defence and Space, which carried out the design and manufacture of the two platforms, and GMV, which developed the Formation Flying Subsystem (FFS), the Flight Dynamics System (FDS) and the relative GPS function (rGPS), rounding out Spanish industry’s participation. As for the Belgian industries, Redwire is handling avionics and operations, and completing functional testing of the satellites, as well as the integration and one of the scientific instruments (3DEES), and Spacebel has developed both the on-board software and the ground segment, as well as the simulator for both satellites.

Launch correction - launch is scheduled for November 29, 2024.
#iac2024 #australiainspacetv