PRISMA Main (Mango)

Spacecraft n°:

Swedish spacecraft n°: 11

Launch data: Designation  36599 / 10028B Launch date  15 Jun 2010 - 14:42 UT Launch site  Yasniy (Dombarovsky) Launch vehicle  Dnepr-1 Mission  Government: Technology Development Sun-Synchronous LEO Earth orbit on Jun 17.86: Perigee / Apogee  725 x 785 km Eccentricity  4.14E-03 Inclination  98.28 deg Period  99.93 min

Spacecraft data:

Mission details:

• Demonstration of new technologies for automated formation-flying and rendezvous of spacecraft in orbit.
• PRISMA consists of 2 satellites, launched attached to each other. Tango separated from Mango 2010 Aug 11.744 and will recede different distances to Mango up to 100 km. At the end of the operations Tango will approach Mango to within several meters.