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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