| Name | BRITE |
|---|---|
| Type | Nanosatellite |
| Units or mass | 6 kg |
| Organisation | The Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences |
| Institution | Institute |
| Entity | Government (Civil / Military) |
| Nation (HQ) | Poland |
| Nation (AIT) | Canada |
| Manufacturer | AIVT by Space Flight Laboratory |
| Launch brokerer | Space Flight Laboratory (UTIAS-SFL) |
| Oneliner |
Investigation of the brightness oscillations of massive luminous stars, BRITE constellation. |
| Description |
Investigation of the brightness oscillations of massive luminous stars by differential photometry. The scientific instrument is an optical camera with a high-resolution CCD to take images from distant stars with magnitude of 3.5. |
| Sources | [1] |
Related Spacecraft
| Name | Status | Launch | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| TUGSat 1 (Technische Universität Graz Satellite), BRITE-Austria, CanX 3B) | Operational (Science website last checked on 2020-12-27) | 2013-02-25 | 780 km, 98.6 deg, SSO |
| UniBRITE-1 (BRITE-U, CanX 3A) | Operational (Science website, but observations stopped because of attitude control issues last checked on 2020-12-27) | 2013-02-25 | 780 km, 98.6 deg, SSO |
| BRITE-PL-1 Lem (CanX 3C) | Operational (Science website) | 2013-11-21 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO |
| BRITE-CA 1 (BRITE-Toronto, CanX-3E) | Operational (Science website last checked 2020-12-27) | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg |
| BRITE-CA 2 (BRITE-Montreak, CanX-3F) | Deployment failure | 2014-06-19 | 610 x 700 km, 98 deg |
| BRITE-PL-2 Heweliusz (CanX 3D) | Operational (Science website last checked 2020-12-27) | 2014-08-19 | 620 km, 97.8 deg, SSO |
Last modified: 2022-12-29
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