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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