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1st artificial solar eclipse in orbit

A fake solar eclipse? European satellites photograph ‘eclipse-making’ mission

What does an artificial eclipse look like? One space agency's satellites recently accomplished this task as part of a mission to study the sun's corona.

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A look at the first artificial solar eclipses created by two European satellites

A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses through precise and fancy formation flying.

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First artificial solar eclipse in orbit

Incredible images show the first artificial solar eclipse in orbit. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Proba-3 mission involves two satellites flying in precise formation, with one spacecraft positioned 150 metres ahead of the other.

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Behold! 1st images of artificial solar eclipse captured by ESA's Proba-3 mission

The first images of an artificial solar eclipse from ESA's Proba-3 mission have been unveiled. Total solar eclipses are rare, ...

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First artificial eclipse in orbit delivers unprecedented glimpse of Sun’s corona

In a dazzling first, two European spacecraft —flying in millimeter-perfect formation — have created an artificial solar eclipse in space, capturing the clearest images of the Sun’s elusive corona yet.

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Solar Eclipses On Command? That's Now A Reality

The spacecraft on the Sun-side is the Occulter, designed to block the solar disk for the Earth-side craft: the Coronagraph.

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