Prisma
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Prisma is a satellite project led by the Swedish Space Corporation
(SSC) which consist of two satellites that fly in formation.
It was launched, along with the PICARD
spacecraft, on 15 June 2010 on a Dnepr-1 launcher from Dombarovskiy Cosmodrome, near Yasny
, Russia. Its primary objective is to test autonomous formation flying.
On 12 August 2010, SSC reported that the two satellites, called Mango and Tango, had separated from each other for the first time.
Swedish Space Corporation
The Swedish Space Corporation is a comprehensive space company covering the entire field, from the definition of innovative business concepts and space projects to the development, tests and operation of the systems....
(SSC) which consist of two satellites that fly in formation.
It was launched, along with the PICARD
PICARD (spacecraft)
PICARD is a satellite dedicated to the simultaneous measurement of the absolute total and spectral solar irradiance, the diameter and solar shape, and to the Sun's interior probing by the helioseismology method. These measurements obtained throughout the mission will allow study of their variations...
spacecraft, on 15 June 2010 on a Dnepr-1 launcher from Dombarovskiy Cosmodrome, near Yasny
Yasny
Yasny is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located southeast of Orenburg. Population: It was founded in 1961, granted urban-type settlement status in 1962, and town status in 1979....
, Russia. Its primary objective is to test autonomous formation flying.
On 12 August 2010, SSC reported that the two satellites, called Mango and Tango, had separated from each other for the first time.