ESA says the "Proba-3" mission will be the first to create an artificial eclipse in a bid to better understand solar weather.
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00:24 They will actually be launched in stack like this.
00:27 So they will be like this in the rocket, on top of the rocket.
00:30 And then they will be launched and they will stay together for about a month.
00:34 It will depend on when we are ready, when we are sure that everything is still fine.
00:39 And at that point only this one will be the one we actually address.
00:44 And this one will be waiting actually and will just be on top of the other one.
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00:57 Data from Progris 3 is going to provide key information and new knowledge on the sun's corona.
01:05 And also phenomena like coronal mass ejections as they form and move out into planetary space.
01:12 These are some of the key phenomena that form part of what we call space weather.
01:17 And so space weather, coronal mass ejections have a possibility to impact our life and activities here on Earth.
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