Spacetrack Directory Name | BRITE-PL 2 |
Alternative name | HEWELIUSZ |
Follow BRITE-PL 2 | BRITE-PL 2 Tracker |
Pass predictions BRITE-PL 2 | Pass predictions BRITE-PL 2 |
Orbit launches | 2014-08-19 (10 years ago) |
Days in orbit | 3752 |
Country/organisation of origin | Polska (POL) |
Starting point | TAISC (Taiyuan Space Center, China) |
WWW | Here |
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Perigee | 603 km |
Apogee | 627 km |
Orbit slope (inclination) | 97.89° |
Laps per day | 15 |
Orbit | LEO (Sun-Synchronous) |
Height BRITE-PL 2 | 613.6 km |
Investigation of the brightness oscillations of massive luminous stars by differential photometry. The scientific instrument is an optical camera with a high-resolution CCD to take images from distant stars with magnitude of 3.5.
satellite BRITE-PL 2 Date of exalting 19.08.2014y. Average height of ISS BRITE-PL 2 hundred 613.6 km. Average velocity BRITE-PL 2 is 27193.56 km/h. Inclination BRITE-PL 2 satellite 97.88°.
In the table below we show the frequencies BRITE-PL 2.
Downlink | Mode |
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2234.399 MHz | BPSK |