Two European satellites launched from India to create an artificial solar eclipse for the first time

Two European satellites were launched from India into orbit in space, today, Thursday, in the first mission aimed at creating an artificial solar eclipse through advanced formations flying in space.
Each artificial eclipse is scheduled to last for six hours when operations begin next year, much longer than the few minutes it takes for the Sun’s disk to be completely obscured in a natural total solar eclipse here on Earth, allowing for prolonged study of the Sun’s corona (the outer layer). of the sun’s atmosphere).

High destination

Within about a month of launch, the two satellites will separate and fly 492 feet (150 meters) apart once they reach their destination high above Earth, and they will line up with the sun so that one satellite casts a shadow on the other.
This mission will require extremely high accuracy, within only one millimeter, equivalent to the thickness of a fingernail, according to the European Space Agency.