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Tuesday, 23 July 2013 06:16

UniBRITE-1 satellite

UniBRITE-1 is, along with TUGSAT-1, one of the first two Austrian satellites to be launched.

Along with TUGSAT, it operates as part of the BRIght-star Target Explorer constellation of satellites. The two spacecraft were launched aboard the same rocket, an Indian PSLV-CA, in February 2013. UniBRITE is an optical astronomy spacecraft operated by the University of Vienna as part of the BRIght-star Target Explorer programme.

UniBRITE-1 was manufactured by the University of Toronto based around the Generic Nanosatellite Bus.

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Monday, 24 June 2013 14:58

BRITE constellation

The BRITE constellation is a network of nano-satellites to investigate the properties of the brightest stars in the sky. It currently consists of a group of six nano-satellites which will participate in a common effort to study the variability of bright stars.

BRITE means BRIght-star Target Explorer.

Three countries are contributing spacecraft:

  • AUSTRIA with BRITE-AUSTRIA (TUG-SAT-1) and UniBRITE satellites,
  • POLAND with BRITE-PL (a.k.a 'Lem') and BRITE-PL2,
  • as well as CANADA with BRITE-CA1 and BRITE-CA2.
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