Space & Earth Science
NORAD ID: 39091
Int'l Code: 2013-009F
Perigee: 775.4 km
Apogee: 791.2 km
Inclination: 98.6 °
Period: 100.4 minutes
Semi major axis: 7154 km
Launch date: February 25, 2013
Source: (ASRA)
Comments: CANX 3A (BRITE-AUSTRIA) is an Austrian satellite considered together with CANX 3B (UNIBRITE) the smallest space telescopes ever launched. It is about the size of a toaster oven. The satellite will study the brightest stars in the sky with 10 times the precision of ground-based observatories.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 39091U 13009F 14108.03064509 .00000231 00000-0 97451-4 0 3435
2 39091 098.6212 302.7554 0011072 129.8099 230.4069 14.34668663 59709
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for BRITE-A TUGSAT-1
