Space & Earth Science
NORAD ID: 39091
Int'l Code: 2013-009F
Perigee: 775.9 km
Apogee: 790.4 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 14205.04081958 .00000116 00000-0 56563-4 0 4208
2 39091 098.6181 039.5654 0010125 201.5110 158.5642 14.34706714 73613
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for BRITE-A TUGSAT-1
