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Two European satellites launch on mission to blot out the Sun—for science

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European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission is purely experimental.

The satellites are loaded with sensors and ranging instruments to allow the two spacecraft to orbit the Earth in lockstep with one another.

The larger of the two satellites, known as the Coronagraph spacecraft, carries a suite of science instruments to image the Sun 's corona.

The smaller spacecraft, named Occulter , hosts navigation sensors and low-impulse thrusters.

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