| 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 |
| Operator |
Space Flight Laboratory |
| Launch brokerer |
Space Flight Laboratory (UTIAS-SFL) |
| Oneliner |
Investigation of the brightness oscillations of massive luminous stars, BRITE constellation. |
| 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: 2020-12-27
Detailed BRITE entry in the Database
Full Nanosats Database (much more data)
