BRITE-PL (Lem)

Spacecraft nº:

Pologne spacecraft nº: 2

Launch data: Designation  39431 / 13066R Launch date  21 Nov 2013 - 07:10 UT Launch site  Do, LC-370/13 Launch vehicle  Dnepr Mission  Astronomy, Technology Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  600 x 894 km Eccentricity   Inclination   97.8° Period  99.6 min

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• BRITE-PL (BRIght-star Target Explorer - Poland), is a mission planned to make photometric observations of some of the brightest stars 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 is packaged inside a CanX-class nanosatellite.
• The Polish Consortium supporting the BRITE-PL Project was established in October 2009 by:
  • The Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences
  • The Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences
  
  and was chartered with the research, design and construction of scientific instruments in the international research project BRITE-PL.

External links:

• EOportal.org Satellite description
• Satellite tracking: Real time satellite tracking