PRISMA Organization

The mission is funded by the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB), and is undertaken as a multilateral project with additional contributions from CNES, the German DLR and the Danish DTU.

The prime contractor is the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), responsible for design, integration and operation of the space and ground segments, as well as implementation of in-orbit experiments involving Autonomous Formation Flying, Homing and Rendezvous, and Three Dimensional Proximity Operations including Final Approach and Recede. All flight operations will be controlled by SSC via the Kiruna ground station.

FFIORD Organization

The development of the FFRF subsystem is financed jointly by CNES and the Spanish Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI). The cooperation between CNES and CDTI shall be regulated through a bilateral cooperation agreement.

Within the framework of the cooperation, CNES is leading technical authority and funder of the parts of the RF subsystem contracted to TAS-F, while CDTI funds the two Spanish sub-contractors TAS-E and GMV. The technical specifications and schedule requirements for the Spanish developments are provided by TAS-F, whereas CDTI has contracted the realizations directly.

CDTI keeps ownership of all parts that it funds.

In order to allow exchange of raw instrument data and satellite data between SSC, DLR and CNES on PRISMA, a Specific Agreement is being put in place to create a framework for this collaboration.

CNES will use the GPS raw data provided by SSC and DLR to validate the FFRF subsystem by comparison of relative orbits provided by the two instruments.