Austria for the launch of the first satellites in 2011 (SpaceDaily)

. Austria for the launch of the first satellites in 2011

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Vienna (AFP) on 10 December 2010.
Austria will launch its first satellite into space to measure the variations in the brightness of the stars, head of project at the Technical University of Graz (TU), announced Friday next year.

The two satellites - each measuring only 20 cm (8 inches) from each side and 7 kg (15 pounds) - cube-shaped form part of a joint project with the Canada and the Poland entitled "BRITE"(Bright_cible_Explorer). ""

Developed by TU Graz and the Technical University of Vienna, in collaboration with the University of Toronto, the Canada two minisatellite will measure the intensity of the light of the stars more accurately as possible so far, Otto Koudelka de TU Graz said Friday.

This could help explain how the stars are formed and reveal more clues about the history of the universe, he explained.

Austrian satellites will be launched in India in late July, although rocket date clearly not yet been fixed.

Four other satellites, two of the Poland and two Canada, followed by 2012.

Koudelka, this would be the first project involving several minisatellite with the same mission.

"In this way, we can optimize the time observation, science will be much more,"he told press agency Austria."gains"

Stations control on the ground in Graz and Vienna, as well as compatible stations Poland and the Canada downloads data from the satellites.

Life expectancy of a satellite was estimated to be two years, but chances were "very good survive much longer," said Koudelka.

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