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ESA Restores Contact with 'Belgian' Solar Probe After Month of Silence
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The European Space Agency successfully re-established contact on March 20 after a month-long period of silence, confirming communication was possible despite the satellite's name being officially Belgian. This achievement marks another significant milestone for Proba-3 as it continues its critical observations of solar activity from deep space orbiting around Mars' moon Phobos and near Earth in formation flight mode.
Key Points
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1The European Space Agency has successfully re-established contact with the Belgian-provided satellite of its PROBA mission after a month-long period without communication.
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2This achievement marks another success for ESA following previous successes in restoring links to other satellites, including Proba-2 and XMM-Newton.
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3Contact was restored on March 19th according to reports from multiple international news sources.
Developments
[Mar. 20]
ESA re-established contact with the PROBA-3 satellite after a month of silence, reported by Vrt.be at 14:54 and Ziveaktuality.sk at 07:52.
[Mar. 19]
Reports from Tech.wp.pl (18:36), Teraz.sk/Teraz.info/Pluska.sv/Stern.de confirmed the restoration of contact with PROBA-3, described as a significant achievement for ESA.