ROBUSTA-1B
French nano-satellite experiment
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ROBUSTA-1B (Radiation on Bipolar Test for University Satellite Application) is a nano-satellite (Cubesat) scientific experiment developed by the University of Montpellier students, a successor to the ROBUSTA satellite, which was launched in February 2012 and lost soon after.[2]
Mission typeTechnology
SATCAT no.42792
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| Mission type | Technology |
|---|---|
| Operator | Centre Spatial Universitaire Montpellier-Nîmes |
| COSPAR ID | 2017-036AD |
| SATCAT no. | 42792 |
| Mission duration | 2 years |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | 1U CubeSat |
| Launch mass | 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 23 June 2017[1] |
| Rocket | PSLV |
| Contractor | ISRO |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
ROBUSTA-1B carries an updated version of the ROBUSTA payload, an experiment to check the deterioration of electronic components based on bipolar transistors, when exposed to in-flight space radiation. The results of the experiment will be used to validate a new radiation test method proposed by the laboratory.[3]
