ISRO to launch European space agency’s Proba-3 mission tomorrow | Key details

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Proba-3 satellites will be launched by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-XL (PSLV-XL) on Wednesday, December 4, at 4.08 pm IST.

ISRO said this mission "highlights the advanced space technologies made possible by the collaboration between" the NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), ISRO, and the ESA.

According to ISRO, the mission will function as an orbital lab, "demonstrating acquisition, rendezvous, proximity operations and formation flying, while validating innovative metrology sensors and control algorithms, opening up novel methods of mission control".