TUGsat 1 (BRITE-Austria, CanX 3B)
TUGsat 1 (BRITE-Austria) [TU-Graz]
TUGSat 1 (Technische Universität Graz Satellit), also known as BRITE-Austria (BRIght-star Target Explorer - Austria), is a mission planned to make photometric observations of some of the brightest starts 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: | Austria, Canada |
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| Type / Application: | Astronomy / Technology |
| Operator: | Graz University of Technology |
| Contractors: | Graz University of Technology; 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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| Tugsat 1 (BRITE-Austria, CanX 3B) | 2012 | Sr | PSLV-CA | with SARAL, Sapphire, NEOSSAT, UniBRITE, Max Valier, AAUSAT 3 |
Further BRITE missions:
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Further CanX missions:
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