BRITE-PL1 - Norad ID: 39431
| Spacetrack Directory Name | BRITE-PL |
| Alternative name | BRITE-PL1 |
| Follow BRITE-PL | BRITE-PL Tracker |
| Pass predictions BRITE-PL | Pass predictions BRITE-PL |
| Orbit launches |
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| Days in orbit | 4662 |
| Country/organisation of origin | Polska (POL) |
| Starting point | DLS (Dombarovsky Air Base, Russia) |
| WWW | Here |
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| Perigee | 590 km |
| Apogee | 880 km |
| Orbit slope (inclination) | 97.8° |
| Laps per day | 15 |
| Orbit | LEO (Sun-Synchronous) |
| Height BRITE-PL | 734.19 km |
Lem (also called BRITE-PL) is the first Polish scientific artificial satellite. It was launched in November 2013 as part of the Bright-star Target Explorer (BRITE) programme. The spacecraft was launched aboard a Dnepr rocket. Named after the Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem, it is an optical astronomy spacecraft built by the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences and operated by Centrum Astronomiczne im. Mikołaja Kopernika PAN; one of two Polish contributions to the BRITE constellation along with the Heweliusz satellite.
satellite BRITE-PL Date of exalting 21.11.2013y. Average height of ISS BRITE-PL hundred 734.19 km. Average velocity BRITE-PL is 26962.21 km/h. Inclination BRITE-PL satellite 97.8°.
In the table below we show the frequencies BRITE-PL.
| Downlink | Beacon | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| 437.365/2234.400 MHz | Beacon: 145.890 | 32K-256K |