BRITE-PL, PL2 (CanX 3C, 3D / Lem, Heweliusz)
CanX 3 (BRITE) [UTIAS]
BRITE-PL similar
BRITE-PL (BRIght-star Target Explorer - Poland), is a mission planned to make photometric observations of some of the brightest stars in the sky in order to examine these stars for variability. The observations will have a precision at least 10 times better than achievable using ground-based observations, and it will be packaged inside a CanX-class nanosatellite.
| Nation: | Poland, Canada |
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| Type / Application: | Astronomy / Technology |
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| Contractors: | UTIAS (bus) |
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| Configuration: | Generic Nanosatellite Bus (GNB) |
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| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
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| Mass: | 10 kg |
| Orbit: |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| BRITE-PL (CanX 3C, Lem) | 2012 | Do | Dnepr-1 | with DubaiSat 2, STSAT 3, SkySat 1, WNISAT 1, AprizeSat 7, AprizeSat 8, UniSat 5, Delfi-n3Xt, UKube 1, Triton 1, Triton 2, CINEMA 2, CINEMA 3, GOMX 1, FUNcube 1, NEE 01 Pegaso, PUCP-SAT 1, UWE 3, Eagle 1, QBScout 1, BPA 3 | |
| BRITE-PL2 (CanX 3D, Heweliusz) | with ? |
Further BRITE missions:
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