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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 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]
Started as a simple reflight of ROBUSTA,[4] the project quickly became a complete upgrade of most of the satellite's systems, using the feedback provided by the previous project.[5]
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