Two European satellites were successfully launched into orbit from India on a groundbreaking mission to create artificial solar eclipses through precise formation flying in space. The primary goal of this mission is to generate artificial eclipses lasting up to six hours each, allowing for extended observation of the sun's corona, or outer atmosphere.
Once the operations commence next year, the satellites will separate and position themselves 492 feet (150 meters) apart, aligning with the sun to cast shadows on each other. This intricate maneuver requires extreme precision, with the satellites maintaining a distance accurate to within one millimeter.
