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PRETTY [ESA]
PRETTY (Passive REflecTomeTry and dosimetrY) is a 3U CubeSat carrying with two payloads:
- Primary Payload: passive reflectometer in the L5 Band (1176.45 MHz) for GPS and Galileo.
- Secondary Payload: radiation monitor for TID (Total Ionizing Dose) and SEE (Single Event Effect) measurements
The PRETTY consortium comprises: ESA IOD (In Orbit Demonstrator), Beyond Gravity (Wien, Austria) as Prime Contractor, the Technische Universität Graz (Austria) for Satellite Bus development and AIT (based on ESA OPSSAT satellite bus) and Seibersdorf Laboratories (Austria) for the Secondary Payload Dosimeter.
PRETTY is based on ESA's OPS-SAT platform.
| Nation: | Europe |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | PRETTY consortium |
| Contractors: | PRETTY consortium |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (3U) |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | 2 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries |
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| Orbit: | 511 km × 529 km, 97.46° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRETTY | 2023-155H | 09.10.2023 | Ko ELV | Vega | with THEOS 2, TRITON, PROBA V-CC, CSC 1, 2, MACSAT, ANSER L, F1, F2, ESTCube 2, N3SS, PRETTY |
Launch Sites:
- Ko = Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG), Kourou, French Guiana, France
