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>> ET is an independent project<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong> – unique in the world; this idea belongs to Mariusz Krukar and has never been implemented anywhere, at any time<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

>> The project belongs to the team behind the Eclipser-1 stratospheric flight, a mission into the shadow cone of a total solar eclipse in the Earth\u2019s stratosphere \u2013 unique at the time, in 2012<\/em><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In brief: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

>> WORLD PREMIERE \u2013 Deployment of a gliding wing into the cone of a total solar eclipse, BEYOND the ground-based limit of totality observation (at 600 km)<\/strong><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

>> A world premiere <\/strong>because the interception of the shadow cone will take place at approximately 600 km from the eclipse terminator line<\/strong> at ground level. From the ground, the eclipse is INVISIBLE due to the curvature of the Earth<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

>> The interception of the Moon\u2019s umbral cone <\/strong>occurs when the Sun has already set for approximately 25 minutes and is located 5 degrees BELOW the horizon (as seen from the ground).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

>> The interception will be carried out using a gliding wing<\/strong>, deployed at an altitude of 35 km in the stratosphere<\/strong> with the aid of a helium balloon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

>> The launch will take place from the western part of Sicily, <\/strong>and the wing will glide across the Mediterranean Sea toward a point located roughly 50 km southwest of Marsala\/Sicily, in the direction of Africa, within the stratosphere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

>> The interception will occur at an altitude of 33\u201334 km, <\/strong>where the wing will still be able to see the Sun about 1 degree above the horizon, beyond the Earth\u2019s curvature.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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