BRITE-PL2 (HEWELIUSZ)
NORAD 40119 · Payload · In orbit since 2014
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 2014-08-19 · Taiyuan, China
- Country / operator
- POL (Europe)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Astronomy
- Mass
- 6.8 kg
- Size
- 0.2 × 0.2 m
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 574 × 593 km
- Inclination
- 97.9°
- Period
- 96.2 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0014
- Orbit data
- Live orbit: current tracking elements
Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).
Same launch
Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.