BRITE-Austria

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BRITE-Austria is a small Austrian scientific satellite that is part of the BRITE (BRIght Target Explorer) constellation, designed to study the variability and structure of the brightest stars in the sky.

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BRITE-Austria canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf CubeSat-class satellite ⓘ
astronomical satellite ⓘ
nanosatellite ⓘ
space telescope ⓘ
alternativeName BRITE-Austria/TUGSat-1 ⓘ
linked to: TUGSat-1

TUGSat-1 ⓘ
constellationRole Austrian component of BRITE constellation ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
developedBy Technical University of Graz ⓘ
developedInCollaborationWith Austrian Space Agency ⓘ
fieldOfView wide-field ⓘ
fundedBy Austrian Research Promotion Agency ⓘ
Austrian Space Agency ⓘ
isFirstOf first Austrian scientific satellite ⓘ
launchContractor Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ
launchCountry India ⓘ
launchDate 2013-02-25 ⓘ
launchSite Satish Dhawan Space Centre ⓘ
Sriharikota ⓘ
launchVehicle PSLV-C20 ⓘ
PSLV-CA ⓘ
mass approximately 7 kg ⓘ
missionType astrophysics mission ⓘ
stellar photometry mission ⓘ
operator TU Graz Institute of Communication Networks and Satellite Communications ⓘ
Technical University of Graz ⓘ
orbitInclination about 98 degrees ⓘ
orbitPeriod about 100 minutes ⓘ
orbitRegime LEO ⓘ
orbitType low Earth orbit ⓘ
partOf BRITE constellation ⓘ
BRIght Target Explorer program ⓘ
programPartners Austria ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
other BRITE member countries ⓘ
purpose high-precision optical photometry of bright stars ⓘ
study structure of bright stars ⓘ
study variability of bright stars ⓘ
satelliteBus CubeSat-derived bus ⓘ
scienceObjective investigate stellar oscillations ⓘ
monitor photometric variability of massive stars ⓘ
study stellar spots and activity ⓘ
study stellar structure and evolution of bright stars ⓘ
status operational (initial years after launch) ⓘ
targetObjects bright stars ⓘ
nearby luminous stars ⓘ
telescopeAperture 3 cm ⓘ
telescopeType optical telescope ⓘ
wavelengthBand visible light ⓘ

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PSLV-C20 → payload → BRITE-Austria ⓘ
PSLV-C20 → launchedSatellite → BRITE-Austria ⓘ