Bus · products

PRIMA spacecraft bus

Compiled from public sources. Not independently verified by Thales Alenia Space.

Work at Thales Alenia Space? This page is unclaimed. Claim it free to keep it accurate and add your links. What operators can do →

Claim this page

Missions → RADARSAT-2 (Operational)

PRIMA spacecraft bus is a Thales Alenia Space bus application associated with RADARSAT-2. RADARSAT-2 bus dimensions are 3.7 m by 1.36 m, with launch mass of 2,200 kg.^[1] That launch mass places this PRIMA application in the large platform class.^[1] The PRIMA name is tied to Alenia Aerospace and Thales Alenia platform heritage.^[2]

Operator pricing

Pricing not publicly listed by operator

Supply chain position

platform for RADARSAT-2

Sources

[1]RADARSAT satellites: Technical comparison, Canadian Space Agencyagency doc2026-06-26
[2]Alenia Aerospace / Thales Alenia PRIMA, Gunter Space Pagecommunity2026-06-26Used only as platform-name cross-check.

Cite https://eo-atlas.org/products/bus/prima Markdown twin → Field definitions → Suggest a correction →

How to cite this page

Plain text

PRIMA spacecraft bus. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/products/bus/prima (CC BY 4.0)

BibTeX

@misc{eoatlas:products:bus:prima,
  title = {PRIMA spacecraft bus},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/products/bus/prima}
}