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Picard and PRISMA in orbit
The 2 satellites reached orbit Tuesday 15 June atop their Dnepr launcher after lifting off from the Yasny space base in Russia.
News Observation InstitutionalJune 15, 2010 -
Picard and PRISMA transferred to launch silo
The Picard and PRISMA satellites, encapsulated inside the upper composite of the Dnepr launch vehicle on 4 June, were transferred to the launch silo this Tuesday in readiness for...
News Observation InstitutionalJune 8, 2010 -
Picard and PRISMA ready for lift-off
The 2 satellites were encapsulated under the launcher fairing today, where they are now awaiting launch in 10 days’ time while the Dnepr vehicle is prepared.
News Observation InstitutionalJune 4, 2010 -
Picard and PRISMA-FFIORD ready to go on 15 June
The 2 missions are scheduled to launch from the Dombarovsky Cosmodrome near the small Russian town of Yasny, on the border with Kazakhstan. Picard is setting out to probe the Sun’...
News Observation InstitutionalMay 28, 2010 -
PRISMA programme seeks to acquire expertise in...
2 satellites or more just tens of metres apart, sharing a payload and together constituting an instrument with much greater capability than a single satellite could provide. Such...
News Other field InstitutionalJune 22, 2006