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BRITE-Heweliusz
Polish nanosatellite observatory. BRITE-Heweliusz was launched on August 19, 2014 aboard a Chang Zheng 4B from Taiyuan. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
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Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Heweliusz
- Common name
- BRITE-Heweliusz
- Payload designation
- BRITE-P2
- International designator
- 2014-049B
- NORAD catalog number
- 40119
- GCAT identifier
- S40119
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/773
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- BRITE
- Owner
- CBK
- Country
- Poland
- Builder
- Space Research Center, Polish Academy of Sciences
- Platform (bus)
- GNB
Launch
- Date
- August 19, 2014 · 03:15 UTC
- Launch record
- 2014-049Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 4B
- Spaceport
- Taiyuan · pad LC9
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 609 km
- Apogee
- 633 km
- Inclination
- 98.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- January 2023
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 Q18164984 (CC0).