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BRITE-Austria
Austrian nanosatellite observatory. BRITE-Austria was launched on February 25, 2013 aboard a PSLV from Sriharikota. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2013-009FNORAD 39091Austria
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- TUGSAT-1
- Common name
- BRITE-Austria
- Payload designation
- BRITE-A
- Other names
- NLS 8.2,CanX-3B,Brite-Austria
- International designator
- 2013-009F
- NORAD catalog number
- 39091
- GCAT identifier
- S39091
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/676
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- BRITE
- Owner
- TU Graz
- Country
- Austria
- Builder
- Graz University of Technology
- Platform (bus)
- GNB
Launch
- Date
- February 25, 2013 · 12:31 UTC
- Launch record
- 2013-009Success
- Rocket
- PSLV
- Spaceport
- Sriharikota · pad FLP
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 770 km
- Apogee
- 783 km
- Inclination
- 98.63°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- November 2022
Size
- Mass
- 7 kg
- Dry mass
- 7 kg
- Length
- 0.2 m
- Diameter
- 0.20 m
- Span
- 0.2 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q5391699 (CC0).