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Launch Success
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12:31:00
Monday February 25, 2013
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TUGSAT-1 and UniBRITE were the first Austrian satellites.
TUGSAT-1, also known as BRITE-Austria and CanX-3B, is the first Austrian satellite. It is an optical astronomy spacecraft operated by the Graz University of Technology as part of the international BRIght-star Target Explorer programme.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
7 kilograms
UniBRITE-1 is, along with TUGSAT-1, one of the first two Austrian satellites to be launched. Along with TUGSAT, it operates as part of the BRIght Target Explorer constellation of satellites.
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1 Payload
7 kilograms
STRaND-1 (Surrey Training, Research and Nanosatellite Demonstrator 1) is a 3U CubeSat developed by Surrey University's Surrey Space Centre (SSC) and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL).
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
7 kilograms
SARAL or Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa is a cooperative altimetry technology mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and CNES (Space Agency of France).
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
407 kilograms
Sapphire is a Canadian space surveillance satellite which was launched in 2013. Sapphire was constructed by MacDonald, Dettwiler, and Associates (MDA) based on an SSTL-150 bus produced by Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) and an optical payload produced by COM DEV International.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
148 kilograms
The Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite (NEOSSat) is a Canadian microsatellite using a 15-cm aperture f/5.88 Maksutov telescope (similar to that on the MOST spacecraft), with 3-axis stabilisation giving a pointing stability of ~2 arcseconds in a ~100-second exposure. It is funded by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) and will search for interior-to-Earth-orbit (IEO) asteroids, at between 45 and 55 degree solar elongation and +40 to -40 degrees ecliptic latitude.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
74 kilograms
AAUSAT3 is the third CubeSat built and operated by students from Aalborg University in Denmark.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
1 kilograms
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