Satellite TUGSat-1  (Technische Universität Graz Satellit, CanX-3b, BRITE-Austria) of Technical University of Graz

Name of Satellite, Alternate Names TUGSat-1  (Technische Universität Graz Satellit, CanX-3b, BRITE-Austria)
Country of Operator/Owner Austria
Operator/Owner Technical University of Graz
Users Civil
Purpose Technology Development
Class of Orbit LEO
Type of Orbit Sun-Synchronous
Longitude of GEO (degrees) 0
Perigee (km) 770
Apogee (km) 784
Eccentricity 0.000979431929480901
Inclination (degrees) 98.6
Period (minutes) 100.3
Launch Mass (kg.) 14
Dry Mass (kg.) 7
Power (watts) 5.4
Date of Launch 25-02-2013
Expected Lifetime
Contractor University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS)
Country of Contractor Canada
Launch Site Satish Dhawan Space Center
Launch Vehicle PSLV
COSPAR Number 2013-009F
NORAD Number 39091
Comments Austria´s first satellite. Part of the international BRIght-star Target Explorer program -- The satellite will be used, along with five other spacecraft, to conduct photometric observations of stars with apparent magnitude of greater than 4.0 as seen from Earth.

Recomendados

Te puede interesar