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PicSat was a French observatory nanosatellite, designed to measure the transit of Beta Pictoris b, an exoplanet which orbits the star Beta Pictoris.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PicSat | Band | VHF · UHF | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Bus | CubeSat 3U | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Contractor | ISL · ANTRIX | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | COSPAR ID | 2018-004X | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Decay date | 3 October 2023 | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Diameter | 50 mm | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Dimensions | 10 × 50 × 100 cm with antennas and solar panels | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Focal length | 150 mm | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Focal ratio | .mw-parser-output span.fnumber,.mw-parser-output .fnumber-fallback{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;width:max-content}.mw-parser-output span.fnumber::first-letter,.mw-par… | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Inclination | 97.3° | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Last contact | 20 March 2018 | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Launch date | 12 January 2018, 03:58 UTC | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Launch mass | 3.9 kg | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Launch site | SDSC | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Manufacturer | ISIS (spacecraft) Hyperion (ADCS) LESIA (payload) | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Mission duration | ~1 year | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Mission type | Astronomy · Planetary science | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Operator | Observatoire de Paris · CNRS | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Period | 95 minutes | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Power | 6 watts | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Reference system | Geocentric | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Regime | Low Earth · SSO | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Rocket | PSLV | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | SATCAT no. | 43132 | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Type | Off-axis telescope | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Wavelengths | visible light | 1.00 | infobox |
| PicSat | Website | http://picsat.obspm.fr | 1.00 | infobox |
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