Name | BRITE |
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Type | Nanosatellite |
Units or mass | 10 kg |
Organisation | Canadian Space Agency (CSA) |
Institution | Space agency |
Entity | Government (Civil / Military) |
Nation | Canada |
Manufacturer | AIVT by Space Flight Laboratory |
Operator | Space Flight Laboratory |
Launch brokerer | Space Flight Laboratory (UTIAS-SFL) |
Partners | University of Toronto Space Flight Laboratory |
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] [2] [3] |
Photo sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] |
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Last modified: 2023-06-09
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