https://spacewatch.global/tag/royal-observatory-of-belgium/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 12 Feb 2020 06:00:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/royal-observatory-of-belgium/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/following-solar-orbiter-esa-to-send-twin-proba-3-spacecraft-to-the-sun-in-2022/ Wed, 12 Feb 2020 06:00:55 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19327 After Solar Orbiter, ESA's next mission observing the Sun will not be one spacecraft but two: the double satellites making up Proba-3 will fly in formation to cast an artificial solar eclipse, opening up the clearest view yet of the Sun's faint atmosphere - probing the mysteries of its million degree heat and magnetic eruptions.]]>