Operations team at ESEC, Redu, preparing for Proba-3 separation

Operations team at ESEC in, Redu, Belgium, preparing for Proba-3 separation.

The eclipse-making twin satellites remained attached together for six weeks following their 5 December 2024 launch. On 14 January, at 23:00 GMT (15 January 00:00 CET), the pair successfully separated from each other while flying 60,000 km above Earth at a speed of 1 km per second.