PRISMA - Formation Flying Project Close to Launnch
2010
The PRISMA project is a technical demonstration mission for formation flying and rendezvous in
space. The mission can be considered as an in-obit test-bed where different experiments
involving Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) algorithms, sensors and actuators can be
tested. The project is also a demonstration mission for two novel propulsion technologies. The
project consists of two satellites, of which one is manoeuvring relative to the other, using
different sensors and algorithms.
The project is run by Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) with important contributions from the
German Aerospace Center (DLR), the French Space Agency (CNES) and the Technical
University of Denmark (DTU). The project started in beginning of 2005. The satellites are now
basically on the launch pad, scheduled for launch on June 15, 2010 from the Russian site Yasny.
The ground segment, consisting of a Mission and Operations Control Centre in Solna, Sweden,
has been established and is ready for launch.
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