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NLS-8 on PSLV-C20
All three spacecraft are now mounted on the EB deck of the PSLV-C20. The photo above was taken just after we completed the integration of the last spacecraft, AAUSAT3, onto the launch vehicle. The group photo, showing BRITE-Austria (NLS-8.2) and AAUSAT3 (NLS-8.3) taken just after midnight of 16 Feb, concluded a very long work day ...
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Team Photo by BRITE
The image of the team above was captured by the BRITE scientific instrument. From Left to Right: M. Unterberger (TUG), C. Grant (SFL), M. Chaumont (SFL), P. Romano (TUG). The high-accuracy photometric instrument has been designed achieve a specific point-spread-function through defocusing. This results in the characteristic blur as seen on the image. Testing of ...
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The BRITE Sisters
A happy reunion of two sisters, separated since birth. In this picture, UniBRITE is on the left; the reflection from its red telescope makes the aperture looks blue. BRITE-Austria is on the right; the reflection from its blue telescope makes the aperture looks yellow.
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NLS-8 Fairing Logo
The fairing logo depicts the three spacecraft that comprises NLS-8 payload. Two of these, UniBRITE and BRITE-Austria pave the way for the six-spacecraft BRITE astronomy constellation. UniBRITE was built for University of Vienna by SFL, while BRITE-Austria was integrated by Graz University of Technology under SFL supervision. The third spacecraft, AAUSAT3, is the third cubesat ...