ESA’s Proba-3 Satellite to Create its Own Solar Eclipse

A new satellite will launch to form a solar eclipse on its own. The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced its plan to launch the Proba-3, a double satellite that would allow them to induce solar eclipses. The satellite will be launched in 2019 with the goal of studying the Sun's corona. According to ESA officials, the Proba-3 will be composed of an "occulter" satellite will fly 150 m ahead of a second" coronagraph satellite, which will cast a precise shadow to reveal the "ghostly tendrils" of the corona - the sun's outer atmosphere - down to a measurement of 1.2 solar radii.

http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/27398/20160824/esa-proba-3-satellite-create-solar-eclipse.htm

(Source: Nature World News - Aug 25)