BRITE-U UNIBRITE

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BRITE-U UNIBRITE is classified as:

NORAD ID: 39092

Int'l Code: 2013-009G

Perigee: 770.5 km

Apogee: 785.2 km

Inclination: 98.4 °

Period: 100.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 7148 km

RCS: 0.1547 m² (medium)

Launch date: February 25, 2013
Source: (ASRA)
Launch site: SRIHARIKOTA (SRI)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 145.890
Beacon (MHz): 145.890
Mode: CW
Call sign:
Status: Inactive

CANX 3B (UNIBRITE) is an Austrian satellite considered together with 3A (BRITE-AUSTRIA) 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.

1 39092U 13009G   25347.01840733  .00000371  00000-0  14141-3 0  9998
2 39092  98.3927 166.1963 0010238  74.4208 285.8107 14.36307553670263

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC