BackForwardInstrument:  Occulter 

Instrument details
Acronym Occulter
Full name Occulter for coronograph
Purpose To occult the solar disc for the Proba-3 chronograph on a companion satellite.
Short description

Provides a disc to mask out the sun so the corona can be observed.
Background

New development.
Scanning Technique

N/A
Resolution
Coverage / Cycle
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency ESA
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 2024 to 2030
Last update: 2024-02-19
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

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Instrument classification
  • Solar and space environment monitors
  • Solar activity monitor
WIGOS Subcomponents
  • Subcomponent 2
  • Solar coronagraph and heliospheric imagery both on the Earth-Sun line and off the Earth-Sun line (e.g. L5 point)
  • Solar coronographic imager [from L1, GEO, LEO]
Mission objectives
No mission objectives have been defined.
Evaluation of Measurements

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Note: * Primary mission objective.