Proba-3 SWT11 Registration Page Opened

15 May 2025

After a successful launch in December 2024, the commissioning of the spacecraft, the formation flying, and the science instruments comes to a close. The 11th Science Working Team meeting is scheduled for 25-27 June 2025 and the registration page is open.

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Preparation of Nominal Mission Operations

12 May 2025

As the commissioning is coming to its end, several activities to prepare for the nominal operations will take place in the next weeks, including the 11th Science Working Team meeting.

More details will be provided in the coming weeks, but read on to the individual activities that are currently envisaged.

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First Announcement of Science Working Team Meetings in 2025

1 February 2025

Please find information on the 11th and 12th Science Working Team Meetings planned for 2025. The 11th SWT will take place at the Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Uccle. The 12th Science Working Team Meeting will take place in Romania. Please read further ...

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Proba-3 Launch Successful

6 December 2024 Proba-3 was launched today, 5 December 2024, exactly at 10:34 UTC from the Indian Space Port at Sriharikota into its final orbit. ​ read more

20241107 Proba3 Shipment and Hotels

7 November 2024 The Proba-3 spacecraft have arrived in India. For all the members of the science team that will be travelling to the launch and the Science Working Team meeting, the block booking for the hotels has been confirmed. read more

New launch date announced

31 October 2024 After the delay in the shipment of the spacecraft, the Project has announced the new launch date of Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 16:00 local time. read more

PROBA-2 SWAP/LYRA and SolarOrbiter EUI Guest Investigator Call

10 September 2024 Each year, the Solar Physics team of the Royal Observatory calls for a Guest Investigator to allow scientists the opportunity to colocate themselves with the Science Operations Centre and the Science Teams of the science instruments flown on PROBA-2. Since the launch of Solar Orbiter, also the EUI instrument joined the Guest Investigator call... read more