A Dublin- based company has won a contract to make sunscreen coating for a satellite. Enbio is the one, which has been awarded with a €500,000 worth contract from European Space Agency.

It has been said that the company has to make black surface, so that there are no apprehensions among agency officials when they have to send satellites to the sun. The project will get launched in 2017, revealed sources known to the matter.

The European Space Agency (ESA) said that they will be launching the satellite to the sun in 2017. For which, Enbio will be setting up a manufacturing facility at NovaUCD to develop the coating.

Once the coating gets developed, it will be used on the Solar Orbiter satellite. It is said that the satellite will be travelling closer to the sun and is said to be the first satellite to try the same.

"The challenges of building a spacecraft that will fly so close to the Sun means we are always looking at better ways to protect it from the harsh environment", said Andy Whitehouse, who is the manager at the Solar Orbiter programme.

Nigel Cobbe, who is the, vice-president at Enbio, said that they are quite excited about their new project.