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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: | Gryphon Bus (GNB) |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 10 kg |
| Orbit: | 770 km × 783 km, 98.63° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| Tugsat 1 (BRITE-Austria, CanX 3B) | 2013-009F | 25.02.2013 | Sr FLP | PSLV-CA | with SARAL, Sapphire, NEOSSAT, UniBRITE, STRaND 1, AAUSAT 3 |
Launch Sites:
- Sr = Satish Dhawan Space Center (Sriharikota Space Center), Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India
References:
Further BRITE missions:
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